Presentation

The presentation over the Kasserine Pass was very informative. It was a race to control mountain passes through the Dorsalo Mountains in North Africa. It was a battle to control Africa. Arnin attacked Allied troops in January of 1943. There were 170,000 Axis troops and 150,000 Allied troops led by General Eisenhower and British Lt. General Anderson. Germans took the pass on February 20th, but the Allies retook the pass on the 25th. German forces pulled out of Africa to go to the Russian border. Allied forces now had control of the Mediterranean Sea shipping lanes and they were able to work out their ground forces issues in the battle. It was the US's first major battle with Germans.