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Battle of Kasserine Passe

Battle of Kasserine Passe was a battle fought in 1943 at Tunisia. It was part of Q111976804. The recorded result: See Aftermath section. Recorded strength: 30,000 infantry against 22,000 infantry; 212 tanks.

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English: Photo: SC 167571 - 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry clearing the road and clearing mines, walking through the Kasserine Pass, Tunisia .26 Feb 1943.Photographer: McGray.
English: Photo: SC 167571 - 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry clearing the road and clearing mines, walking through the Kasserine Pass, Tunisia .26 Feb 1943.Photographer: McGray.. from http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/matrix/1ID/1ID-Photos.htm, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1943
WhereTunisia35.260N, 8.742E
OutcomeSee Aftermath section
BelligerentsUnited States; United Kingdom; Free FranceagainstNazi Germany; Kingdom of Italy
Part ofQ111976804

Where it sits in Q111976804

Battle of Kasserine Passe, 1943Battle of Sidi Bou Zid, 1943Battle of Sedjenane, 1943Battle of Ksar Ghilane, 1943Battle of the Mareth Line, 1943Battle of El Guettar, 1943Battle of Wadi Akarit, 1943Battle of Takrouna, 1943Battle of Longstop Hill, 1943Battle of Hill 609, 194319431943Battle of Kasserine Passe, 1943
10 placed engagements of Q111976804 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1943 (year precision)
to 25 February 1943
PlaceTunisia
35.260N, 8.742E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Strength30,000 infantry22,000 infantry; 212 tanks
Casualties and lossesUnited States; 3,300 killed and wounded; 3,000 POWs; 183 tanks lost; 616 vehicles lost; 208 guns lost; Free France; 500 killed and wounded; United Kingdom; ~2–3,000 killed, wounded or captured; Total: 10,000 casualties989 killed or wounded; 608 captured; 20 tanks lost; 67 vehicles lost; 14 guns lost
Commanders
  • Lloyd Fredendall
  • Alphonse Juin
Battle of Kasserine PasseBattle of Kasserine PasseSiege of ThalaBattle of TabrashqFirst Battle of El DjorfBattle of Sidi Bou ZidBattle of KefSiege of ThalaBattle of TabrashqBattle of Sidi Bou ZidBattle of KefSousseSfaxTébessaQairouanSouk AhrasGafsaGuelmaOum el Bouaghi100 km35.260N, 8.742E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Kasserine Passe
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 50 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Kasserine Passe today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-06-03. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 657 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 628 to 1,441 m, 814 m of relief, steep country and today it is 70% grassland, 20% bare ground, 6% shrubland.

grassland: 70%bare ground: 20%shrubland: 6%grassland 70%bare ground 20%shrubland 6%
west to east, 10.0 km657 to 878 mnorth to south, 10.0 km657 to 872 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: GER AFRIKA KORPS (-)Defender: US 26TH RCT (-)(+)
Strength7,0005,303
Casualties200 (2.9%)527 (9.9%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1073
Outcomeattacker won
Duration2 days
Front width4 km4 km
Attacker advanced3 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 604), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Kasserine Passe is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 119 in present-day Tunisia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q327099, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kasserine Pass, revision 1377739550, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.