Sedjenane Marshes

The wet, damp cork forests of Sedjenane were in stark contrast to the images British and American troops had been shown of North Africa. This vital strip of railway, connecting Mateur to Bizerte and then to Tunis, saw four months of combat. British and German paratroopers, both operating in ground combat roles, clashed for the first time in this humid swampland, earning the British the moniker “Red Devils”.