USA HISTORY

In 1942, in the North African campaign against the Nazis, the

(A) British lost a key early battle at El Alamein

(B) Germans suffered a major defeat at Stalingrad

(C) ** Americans successfully regrouped from a defeat at Kasserine Pass

(D) Americans advanced under the command of Omar Bradley

(E) Americans pushed the Germans out of Egypt

Concept note-1: -The Kasserine Pass was the site of the United States’ first major battle defeat of the war. General Erwin Rommel was dispatched to North Africa in February 1942, along with the new Afrika Korps, to prevent his Italian Axis partner from losing its territorial gains in the region to the British.

Concept note-2: -The North African campaign of the Second World War took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. It included campaigns fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts (Western Desert Campaign, also known as the Desert War) and in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch), as well as Tunisia (Tunisia Campaign).

Concept note-3: -What did American leaders learn at Kasserine Pass in North Africa? They needed aggressive officers and troops better trained for desert fighting. helped pave the way for a later all-out offensive.

Concept note-4: -Fought near the western frontier of Egypt between 23 October and 4 November 1942, El Alamein was the climax and turning point of the North African campaign in the Second World War (1939-45). The Axis army of Italy and Germany suffered a decisive defeat by the British Eighth Army.