Leo Barron

Patton's First Victory

How General George Patton Turned the Tide in North Africa and Defeated the Afrika Korps at El Guettar. Sprache: Englisch.

gebunden , 312 Seiten

ISBN 0811718328

EAN 9780811718325

Veröffentlicht Oktober 2017

Verlag/Hersteller Globe Pequot Publishing

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Beschreibung

American troops invaded North Africa in November 1942, but did not face serious resistance until the following February, when they finally tangled with Rommel’s Afrika Korps—and the Germans gave the inexperienced Americans a nasty drubbing at Kasserine Pass. After this disaster, Gen. George Patton took command and reinvigorated U.S. troops with tough training and new tactics. In late March, at El Guettar in Tunisia, Patton’s men defeated the Germans. It was a morale-boosting victory—the first American success versus the Germans and the first of Patton’s storied World War II career—and proved to the enemy, the British, and the Americans themselves that the U.S. Army could fight and win.

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