After the Allies were pushed through the city of Feriana by Rommel on the February 17, he followed them through, straight into an ambush. The Allies, while retreating had moved a second tank outfit into place along the path that the Allies were falling back on. This way when Rommel came through with his Panzer division, the Allies had the element of surprise, and were able to destroy a large number of the attacking German tanks (Painton 1). The Germans prevailed however and took the valuable pass at Kasserine. From there it was up to the Allies to hold the other side of the pass and to retake it from the Germans. This would require heavy use of aircraft considering that this was one advantage that the Allies had over the Germans. Both sides used artillery extensively and to great effect. Mainly the artillery on both sides were comparable, the Allies were firing one-hundred-five millimeter shells while the Germans were using eighty-eights. The Germans, however had......

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Title: Kasserine Pass
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