February 14, 1943: It was in North Africa's barren desert landscape that green, American troops with the 34th Infantry Division faced off against a battle-tested German Army for the first time. In ...
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How a 1942 US Army mistake nearly cost the Allies victory
When the US Army’s armored divisions arrived in North Africa, they looked unstoppable on paper - but Kasserine Pass exposed a force that was tank-heavy, rigid, and unready for modern combat. In this ...
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The first battle of Kasserine Pass in North Africa in February 1943 revealed some hard lessons learned for U.S. forces in their first major encounter in the European-North Africa-Middle East theater ...
On Feb. 14, 1943, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, commander of the German Afrika Korps in North Africa, launched a major offensive against Allied positions at the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia, North Africa.
Beware a Desert Fox when he’s cornered. It was North Africa, in the winter of 1943, and American soldiers were feeling cocky as they prepared for their first ground battle against the Germans in World ...
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