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BATTLE OF KASSERINE PASS 
On Tuesday we talked about the Battle of Sidi Bou Zid, and that thread also served as a primer for the third episode of the accompanying #WhyWeFight1943 podcast.
“In their January attacks Axis units puzzled Allied commanders by limiting their own advances and abandoning key positions. Soon, however, the enemy displayed more determination.”
BATTLE OF SIDI BOU ZID
The next #WhyWeFight1943 podcast episode will feature Dr. @MarkCalhoun47 and he will take us through the story of this German Offensive in February 1943, beginning with the Battle of Sidi Bou Zid and into Kasserine Pass. So this is a primer to help make the most of that episode.
As noted in Saturday’s Twitter thread, the Allies failed to take Tunis after heading east immediately following the landings of Operation Torch in NOV 1942 and the major action more or less stalled in Tunisia.
