A wounded German Prisoner of the 15th Panzergrenadier Division offers a light to one of his captors; a wounded British Army soldier of the 6th Durham Light Infantry, 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, XXX Corps.
The two soldiers wait to be taken to a field hospital following hostilities at the Mareth Line during 'Operation Pugilist', the British campaign to destroy the Axis Italian and German forces opposing the Eighth Army in southern Tunisia and capture the city of Sfax.
Tebaga Gap, near Medenine, Medenine Governorate, Tunisia.
23rd of March 1943.
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