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Revision as of 06:28, September 17, 2016
, 06:28, September 17, 2016→Maknassy Pass
On 30 January, the ''Centauro'' Armoured Division and German units from from the two German panzer divisions, attacked through Maknassy Pass. The Axis attack came as a complete surprise to the U.S. 2nd Army Corps. The U.S. 1st Armored Division, which had established itself in the saddle of the Faid Pass, was overrun. Gafsa was also abandoned.
On 30 January, the ''Centauro'' Armoured Division and German units from from the two German panzer divisions, attacked through Maknassy Pass. The Axis attack came as a complete surprise to the U.S. 2nd Army Corps. The U.S. 1st Armored Division, which had established itself in the saddle of the Faid Pass, was overrun. Gafsa was also abandoned.
On 31 January, the U.S. 34th Division and part of the U.S. 1st Armored Division advanced toward Sened Station. The operation was intended to take them as far as Maknassy, but German and Italian tanks, supported by anti-tanki guns, stopped the Americans on 2 February.
==Kasseerine Pass==
==Kasseerine Pass==