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OK, so here is an old old thread, but a good one. I was about to bump the books thread. I am still working on the Rick Atkinson trilogy, about finished with "The Day of Battle" re: Italy, my 2nd read of that one. Loaned out the 1st one the other day, have to start looking for a copy of the 3rd one now. I am now wanting to read a history of the air war, and more particularly in the Mediterranean if possible. So much of such history focuses on the strategic bombing campaigns; I am more interested in the air supremacy struggle (Fighters), and Luftwaffe and Italian capabilities in the Med until by 1943 or so it was all a moot point, with massive Allied dominance of all things in the air. Any suggestions appreciated. Meanwhile, before I loaned out the Atkinson "Army at Dawn" about Torch > Tunisia, I re-read some key passages about the initial Allied entry into Tunisia - where the US Army encountered the Wehrmacht for the first time in WWII. And specifically, the interesting results of the US Army's first fight with their Stuart light tanks. (They had already been in combat in Libya with British units). This was still several months before Kasserine, in December, 1942. In the first encounter between German troops and a couple platoons of Stuarts, what were the main Axis losses? In the 2nd such encounter (the next day), same question - what were the main Axis losses? I'm not looking for exact KIA/wounded/missing/captured totals of soldiers in those 2 questions. I will tell you fine folks the answers soon enough.
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