another frontal assault on the Mareth Line, made the position untenable; the Italian 1st Army escaped encirclement when the 1st Armoured Division was held up at El Hamma and the Axis forces retreated to Wadi Akarit, to the north. Post war After the Battle of the Mareth Line, the defences were left to become derelict and are commemorated at the Mareth Museum at Gabès. Notes Footnotes References Further reading no isbn External links Strader, J. W. Tactical Bomber Operations in the ETO (1944) Travel tips to visit the Mareth Line museum Tunisian campaign World War II defensive lines World War II sites in Tunisia