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Tunisia , officially the Republic of Tunisia, was the northernmost country in Africa. Its capital city was Tunis.
History
20th Century[]
During World War II, Logan travelled to Tunisia to find a downed plain that Captain America, Bucky and a platoon of troops were on. Teaming up with Nick Fury they find the plain and save them when they are held down by a group of Nazi soldiers. Working together they lead the troops through the desert and take down a Nazi base taking their equipment. Logan took a jeep to continue his mission. They take out a group of Hydra agents.[1]
In 1943, Combat Casey and Penny Pennington were in Tunisia battling Nazi forces as part of the 9th Infantry Red, White and Blue Division. Ambushed by Nazi soldiers in the jungle the pair madeshort work of them. However they were outnumbered and sought to find cover when they ran into a woman who offered to help them flee with a jeep she had parked nearby. Combat and Penny provide covered fire until they could reach the jeep and drive away. Following the girl's directions Combat and Penny suddenly realize that they were heading toward the Nazi controlled town of Bizerte. Before they could turn the jeep around, the girl pulled out a gun and revealed that she was a Nazi agent named Gertrude. She took them prisoner and turned the two Americans over to her commanding officer. The two were taken to a radio studio where Gertrude ordered them to tell the American forces to stand down or they would be killed. Combat however told the soldiers to keep on fighting and to never give up. Furious at Gertrude's failure, her commanding officer shot her. However the Americans suddenly attacked and the commanding officer was crushed under falling debris. Fighting through Nazi soldiers, Combat and Penny pick up Gertrude's body and headed back to the jeep, but she had been playing possum and tried to flee the scene. Instead she ended up ramming into a Nazi supply truck causing an explosion that killed her. The two Americans found Gertrude in the wreckage, just barely alive. She told them the position of a Nazi supply ship before she died. After, Combat radioed its position and American forces blew it up. For her help in winning the battle, Combat and Penny buried Gertrude in a marked grave.[2]Points of Interest
- Tunis (capital)
See Also
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