Oued Zarga War Cemetery
- Country Tunisia
- Total identified casualties 241 Find these casualties
- Identified casualties from Second World War
- GPS Coordinates Latitude: 36.67692, Longitude: 9.41363
Location information
Oued Zarga is approximately 80 kilometres west of Tunis, midway between Medjez El Bab and Beja on the GP6 road. The road leading to the cemetery is approximately 3.3 kilometres past the village of Oued Zarga and is marked by a sign pointing to the left. The track to the cemetery is unmade and steep in sections and access is not suitable for buses. The distance to the cemetery from the main road is approximately 1.1 kilometres. GPS Co-ordinates: N 36° 40' 30", E 09° 24' 54"
Visiting information
Please note there is no register box at this cemetery.The cemetery register and visitors book are only available when the part-time cemetery guardian is present.
For further information and enquiries please contact enquiries@cwgc.org
History information
In May 1943, the war in North Africa came to an end in Tunisia with the defeat of the Axis powers by a combined Allied force. On 8 November 1942, Commonwealth and American troops made a series of landings in Algeria and Morocco. The Germans responded immediately by sending a force from Sicily to northern Tunisia, which checked the Allied advance east in early December. Oued Zarga was just behind the limit of the advance that winter. Oued Zarga War Cemetery contains 247 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.