Sidi Nsir

'''Sidi Nsir''' is a Tunisian agricultural village in the governorate of Bizerte, the delegation of Mateur,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.codepostalpro.com/tunisie/bizerte/mateur/sidi-nsir.html|title=Code postal de Sidi Nsir {{!}} Mateur {{!}} Bizerte {{!}} tunisie|website=www.codepostalpro.com|language=fr|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tun.postcodebase.com/node/970|title=Sidi Nsir, Mateur, Bizerte: 7030 {{!}} Tunisia Postcode|website=tun.postcodebase.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref> with about 10,000 inhabitants.

In November 1942, it was occupied by the Allies, but in February 1943, the Germans resisted and fought an offensive operation known as the Operation Ochsenkopf (Operation Ox Head) also known as the Battle of Sidi Nsir, and the Battle of Hunts Gap of the Axis in Tunisia from February 26 to March 4, 1943, during the Tunisian campaign of the Second World War.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/bizerte/bizerte-addterrstudies.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502033754/http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/bizerte/bizerte-addterrstudies.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 2, 2008|title=ADDITIONAL TERRAIN STUDIES|last=Duvall|first=Toloria|website=history.army.mil|access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.royalhampshireregiment.org/about-the-museum/timeline/battle-sidi-nsir-tunisia-26th-february-1943/|title=The Battle of Sidi Nsir, Tunisia - The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum|work=The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum|access-date=2018-09-01|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== References ==

Category:Populated places in Bizerte Governorate Category:Villages in Tunisia