Battle for "The Spot", El Aroussa, Tunisia 26th February 1943 The History Three days after the end of the battles at Kasserine the  Panzer Army Afrika opened Unternehmen OCHSENKOPF against the British First Army intended to drive back the allies and lift the threat to Tunis. On 26 February, as part of as part of Unternehmen OCHSENKOPF, Panzers Panzer Regiment 7 and Jaegers of 2 Jaeger Battalion Herman Goring (Kampfgruppe Kleeberg) broke through the Allied Lines in the Mahmoud Gap south west of Goubellat getting between 38 brigade and 11 brigade  and linked up with Hauptmann Schirmer's III./Fallschirmjäger Regiment 5.  The pushed southward toward El Arousa having cut the Medjez road the Kampfegruppe Kleeberg attempted to seize El Aroussa and cut the supply route to 38 Irish Brigade and 1 Parachute Regiment defending Bou Arada. 10 Panzers and a part of 2 Jager regiment where approaching the town from the north and threatened to overrun Y division HQ a situation the Brigad

C "Commando" platoon, 9 Borders Potsangbam, near Imphal  7 May 1944 History  Imphal was a road junction and a vital supply dump for the Allied forces of 14th Army In India. It stands close to the Burmese border and the passes through the jungle cover Chin Hills that mark that rugged border.  General Mutaguchi commanding the Imperial Japanese Army in Burma ordered the attack with troops of the 33rd, 31st and 15th Division along with substantial support from the Indian National Army and they crossed the Chindwin River on 8th of March to cross the hills on foot. General Scoones commanding IV Corp  was aware of the attack but not its scale or the timing He therefore concentrated his forces toward Imphal. Whilst General Slim of 14th Army flew in troops including the 17th Diviison and M3 tanks of the 3 Carabiner (Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards)   The  Battle of Bishenpur is the name given to the fighting that took place on or near the Tiddim Road south of Imphal between early April