Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More · Gary Arndt
The Battle of Kasserine Pass
February 19, 2026·16 min·1 clip
The U.S. Army's first major WWII battle was a disaster, but they turned it around in weeks.
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A hard defeat that becomes a plain lesson in how armies adapt.
This episode tracks the American Army's first major battle of World War II, a clash with the German Afrika Korps in the mountains of Tunisia at Kazarin Pass that makes plain how much the force still had to learn.
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Hear how a WWII defeat in Tunisia became a fast reset for the U.S. Army.
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