The Battle of Kasserine Pass was a clash in February 1943 during the Tunis Campaign of World War II. This battle took place at the Kasserine Pass, which is a 3.2 km wide gap in the Atlas Mountains in western Tunisia.
The battle was the first major clash between US forces and the Axis forces in the North Africa Campaign during World War II. The inexperienced and misdirected US troops suffered huge casualties and were quickly rejected more than 80 km from their initial positions west of the Faid Pass. This confrontation left enormous consequences in the American forces, although the complete disaster had been avoided, the Battle of Kasserine Pass was a humiliating defeat for the American forces in their first important clash with the Germans.
This battle was one of the last victories of Rommel in North Africa, but the weakness of the Italian-German forces in Tunisia prevented them from taking advantage of this victory.
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