Longstop Hill

The collapse of Rommel’s Afrika Korps presented the Allies an opportunity to strike at Tunisia from the West and cut off their retreat – an endeavor that failed. Indefatigable German resistance and treacherous terrain, such as that of Longstop Hill, stalled US and British armies long enough to secure the retreat of their comrades to the Southeast. Fortified German positions at Longstop Hill were eventually overrun by the implacable uphill advance of Churchill tanks - a climb that no other tank was thought capable of making.