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Kasserine Pass, battle of


Subject History

Place Northern America » United States of America

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x


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(Tunisia) Beginning on 14 February 1943, 150,000 forces of the A xis under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and General Jurgen von Arnim defeated US Army II Corps and French troops in a series of armored actions that drove the Allies 100 miles through Kasserine Pass. British counterattacks stopped the Germans on 22 February and retook Kasserine on 25 February. US casualties: 6,500. Other Allied casualties: 3,500. German casualties: 2,000 ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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