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To Comando Suppemio to PE .A.O.B.5 for information On the basis of the enemy situation as of today, and pro,--upposinG that the supply situation of the Fifth Pz .Aru;y is adequate, I subggst an immediate enveloping thrust of strong forces from the southwest on Teb'3ssa and the area north o£ it . I also recommend, if nococsury for the purpose, the attaohment and rapid move forward of the 10th and 21st Pz .DJ.vs . to the Thelepte»Feriana area . _ Source : German-Italian Pz .Aflty C.P . 18 February 1943 Rommel - Analagenband* 9 zum Sohlachtboriohtdor Pz .Armee Mr . 12.2.43 - 23.2.43 Ia 34 37 5/11 .
Field ?11arshal General CONFERENCE on 19 February 1 1.0 - at 091;5 hrs . Kesselring v, Arnim Major General Ziegler Brigadier General Gause Lt, General Gandin Colonel Aide v, Quast O .B .S . The general describes briefly the tactical and supply situation and states his view on the order from Commando Supremo concerning the Gruppe Rommel attack, The commander-in-chief emphasizes that the main objective must be Bone . To this end, the first attack. objective_ is Le Kef (see written plan) . If the attack ordered is to succeed it should be executed promptly ; as a matter of fact, it should have been launched 2 days ago already . The objective ordered by Co=ando Supremo - the ponotra- tion between Le Kef and Tebessa - promises little success ; the attach. will also get farther away from the supply base . The attack, accompanied by a covering action, should move with all force toTrard the north, a direction not expected by the enemy, and in a manner that would steadily shorten the routes o£ supply . Hence, copnitment of the 21st Pz . Div . Prom Sbeitla toward Le Kef, of the 10th Pz . Div . from Pichon toward Lo Kof. The main effort should not be laid on Tebessa, not even in the direction of Tebossa . Although Field 11arshal Kesselring dons not side in wii:h the plans proposed with all peremptoriness, ho concedes that this operation has very m.any advantages and a prospect of success . The question of adjustment in the chain of corz :iand, the frontier, or the boundary botwoon Gruppo Rornel and 5th Pz, Armoe is not clearly solved
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18 1 st Armored Division, Report of
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