Division, the British began to consolidate Longstop Hill against counter-attack and the fire from nearby hills. By 27 April, the whole of Longstop Hill and Djebel Rhar had been secured, enabling Wilberforce and the Surreys to be relieved. Longstop was the last great natural barrier barring movement towards Tunis. On 7 May, British armour rolled into Tunis, taking the Axis forces there by surprise, some were caught emerging from shops and bars. By 15 May, all Axis forces had been cut off and soon surrendered with more than 250,000 taken prisoner. Joseph Goebbels admitted it was on the same scale as the Third Reich's disaster at the Battle of Stalingrad and the name Tunisgrad was coined for the defeat. See also List of British military equipment of World War II List of German military equipment of World War II Citations Bibliography External links Tunisia (US Army Campaigns series War Diaries of the North Irish Horse Conflicts in 1943 Battle of Longstop Hill (1943) Battles of World War II involving Germany Longstop Hill April 1943 events 1943 in Tunisia