Tamera, Tunisia

Tamera[1] is a location, and valley in northern Tunisia.

Soldier of the 2nd Parachute Battalion examines a memorial to the 1st Parachute Brigade in the Tamara Valley, 14 October 1943

During the Roman Empire, Tagarbala,[2] was a civitas of the Roman province of Byzacena during late antiquity. The Roman town is identifiable with ruins at Bordj-Tamra.

The town saw British airborne operations in North Africa during World War 2.[3][4][5][6][7]

There is a railway station there.[8]

References
  1. Tamera, Tunisia, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA.
  2. Titular Episcopal See of Tagarbala, at Gcatholic.org.
  3. Otway, Lieutenant-Colonel T. B. H. (1990). The Second World War 1939–1945 Army – Airborne Forces. Imperial War Museum. ISBN 0-901627-57-7. p 87.
  4. http://www.accuweather.com/en/tn/tamera/317215/satellite/317215
  5. https://itouchmap.com/?c=ts&UF=-731404&UN=-1042731&DG=RSTN
  6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36018. p. 2208. 14 May 1943
  7. Ferguson, Gregor. The Paras 1940–84. Volume 1 of Elite series. (Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 1984). ISBN 0-85045-573-1. p10.
  8. Station de Tamera, at mapcarta.com.
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