In which country is the Kasserine Pass - scene of a decisive US Army defeat in World War II?
Battle of Kasserine Pass as divisions and by the invasion of Sicily, their forces were considerably stronger. Battle of Kasserine Pass The Battle of Kasserine Pass was a battle of the Tunisia Campaign of World War II that took place in February 1943. Kasserine Pass is a gap in the Grand Dorsal chain of the Atlas Mountains in west central Tunisia. The Axis forces, led by "Generalfeldmarschall" Erwin Rommel, were primarily from the "Afrika Korps" Assault Group, elements of the Italian "Centauro" Armoured Division and two Panzer divisions detached from the 5th Panzer Army, while the Allied forces consisted of the U.S. II Corps
Battle of Kasserine Pass and there was little to do until the Eighth Army arrived at Mareth. Rommel decided to attack through the Kasserine Pass into the main force of the U.S. II Corps at Tébessa to capture U.S. supplies on the Algerian side of the western arm of the mountains, eliminate the Allied ability to attack the coastal corridor linking Mareth and Tunis and threaten the southern flank of the First Army. On February 18, Rommel submitted his proposals to Albert Kesselring, who forwarded them with his blessing to the "Comando Supremo" in Rome. At 13:30 on February 19, Rommel received the "Comando