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The Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia (18-22 February 1943) was won by Axis German and Italian forces led by field marshal Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) against a combined Allied army of British, French, and US troops. The last fling of the...

A map of the troop movements of the Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia, February 1943. The Allies lost this battle against Axis forces during the North Africa Campaign (1942-3). (United States Department of Defense)

A photograph showing a US Grant tank at the Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia, February 1943. The Allies lost this battle during the North Africa Campaign (1942-3).

A photograph showing US prisoners-of-war after the Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia, February 1943. The Allies lost this battle against Axis forces during the North Africa Campaign (1942-3). (German Federal Archives)

A photograph showing US troops in the aftermath of the Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia, February 1943. The Allies lost this battle during the North Africa Campaign (1942-3).

In November 1943, the Axis forces in Tunisia smashed into the US Army at the Battle of Kasserine Pass, the first major engagement between the US and Germany in WWII. Learn more, in this clip from Patton 360. #Patton360 Subscribe for...

Thermopylae is a mountain pass near the sea in northern Greece which was the site of several battles in antiquity, the most famous being that between Persians and Greeks in August 480 BCE. Despite being greatly inferior in numbers, the Greeks...

An 1848 lithograph by James Rattray of the Khyber Pass (between today's Afghanistan and Pakistan).

An 1848 lithograph by James Rattray of the Jugdulluk Pass. The pass had to be negotiated during the notorious retreat from Kabul in 1842 by the East India Company army. (British Library, London)

View from Slieve Gullion Mountain Pass, Country Armagh, Northern Ireland.