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| Maj. Gen. George S. Patton says goodbye to his staff officers just prior to his departure for the Tunisian battlefield and command of the U.S. Army's II Corps. General George Patton Museum photo |
"The American debacle at the Battle of Kasserine Pass had brought the simmering command crisis of II Corps to a head. But Gen. Dwight Eisenhower,
Supreme Commander of Allied forces in North Africa, still had yet to
decide on whether or not to relieve II Corps commander Maj. Gen. Lloyd
Fredendall. In early March following a command conference at Tébessa in
northeast Algeria, Eisenhower pulled aside Maj. Gen. Omar Bradley,
newly arrived from the States, who at Ike’s request had recently
completed an inspection of II Corps. Eisenhower asked, “What do you
think of the command here?” Bradley replied, “It’s pretty bad. I’ve
talked to all the division commanders. To a man they’ve lost confidence
in Fredendall as the corps commander.'” . . .
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