Operation Flax

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Operation Flax Part of The Tunisia Campaign Location Tunis and Cape Bon, Tunisia Result Allied victory Belligerents  United Kingdom United States Germany Italy Commanders General Harold Alexander Jürgen von Arnim Giovanni Messe

v • d • e Tunisia Campaign Sidi Bou Zid – Kasserine Pass – Capri – Pugilist – El Guettar – Vulcan – Flax – Retribution

During World War II, Operation Flax was an Allied air operation designed to cut the air supply lines between Italy and the Axis troops in Tunis, in April, 1943 This interdiction operation led to the 18 April “Palm Sunday Massacre” in which the U.S. Ninth Air Force destroyed hundreds^{[citation needed]} of Ju-52 tri-motored transports over Cape Bon loaded with soldiers escaping the Operation Vulcan attack. Over half the transports were destroyed. See Operation Retribution.