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The Battle of Kasserine Pass took place from 18-24 February 1943 at Kasserine Pass, a 2-mile-wide (3.2 km) gap in the Grand Dorsal chain of the Atlas Mountains in west central Tunisia. It was a part of the Tunisian campaign of World War II .
Rommel inflicted a sharp defeat on the American forces at the Kasserine Pass in February, his last battlefield victory of the war, and his first engagement against the United States Army. [208] Rommel immediately turned back against the British forces, occupying the Mareth Line (old French defences on the Libyan border).
On 19 February 1943, Rommel, having now been given formal control of the 10th and 21st Panzer Divisions, the Afrika Korps battlegroup as well as General Messe's forces on the Mareth defences (renamed Italian First Army), [51] launched what would become the Battle of Kasserine Pass. Hoping to take the inexperienced defenders by surprise, he sent ...
The Battle of the Kasserine Pass began as German General Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps launched a surprise offensive against Allied defenses in Tunisia, giving the United States Army their first major battle defeat of the war, the loss of six battalions of the U.S. Second Corps. [48] The Battle of Sidi Bou Zid began in Tunisia.
The division suffered severe loses at the Second battle of El Alamein in November 1942 and was forced to retreat along with the rest of the Afrikakorps. [5] After the retreat of the Axis forces to Tunisia the 15th Panzer Division was part of the battle of Kasserine Pass against inexperienced US forces in February 1943. The division eventually ...
Lieutenant General Lloyd Ralston Fredendall (December 28, 1883 – October 4, 1963) was a general officer of the United States Army who served during World War II.He is best known for his leadership failure during the Battle of Kasserine Pass, leading to one of America's worst defeats of World War II, for which he was relieved of his command.
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