In Tunisia we demonstrated to the world that great nations fighting as Allies for a deathless principle can combine their resources and together produce an efficient and completely unified military machine. No other product of all the fierce fighting throughout North Africa, and of the complete victory in which it terminated, was of greater value than this.

For all the future struggles of this war those Tunisian lessons of Allied integration have vital significance. Today they dictate the development of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Great Britain. Whenever this Command may be called forth to battle it will go as a unit with every part trusting every other part and with every service effectively supporting every other service. Enthusiastic and efficient cooperation in a single team! In this Command these are more than mere words - they are the foundation stones of our organization. They are the guide posts that in battles still to come, will lead us, in company with our Great Allies fighting on other fronts, to final and conclusive victory over all our enemies.

For this sureness in coordination and for this unity in purpose and method we have to thank the gallant soldiers, sailors and airmen of the United Nations, who, in that great victory, so clearly pointed the way to future success.