In the spring of 1943, the people of Rome, Italy, saw a strange scene. Thousands of captured American troops were marching in the streets, four or five thousand American troops captured by the Germans on the battlefields of North Africa, and the Germans hoped that this review of prisoners of war would help Italy regain confidence in its victory over the Allies.
At the Kesselring Pass in North Africa, the U.S. army and the German legions fought a major war, and as a result, the main Force of the American Army, which appeared on the North African battlefield for the first time, was directly overthrown by Rommel, and thousands of people were captured. The reason why the poor Komo chased after this was also experienced by the US military. At that time, the Battle of El Alamein had just ended, and the German North African Army was in an orderly retreat. The U.S. army officially joined the North African theater and came towards the Rommel Army, trying to take out the remnants of the German army in Tunisia.
The U.S. Second Army was well-equipped, but its commander was Fredendahl, a man of rather mediocre command, timid and stubborn. The U.S. Second Army was very strong, but the commander-in-chief used a flat approach and set up his command post 100 kilometers away from the front line. Such a commander may have doomed the Second Army to a crushing defeat. Rommel set out in mid-February with a swift and furious offensive from air to land.
The U.S. Third Infantry Division and the First Panzer Division were guarding the Kesselring Pass at this time, had never seen the German offensive, and were soon surrounded by German divisions and even cut off from friendly forces. At this time, Fredendal hurriedly mobilized reinforcements, right in the middle of the Pocket Formation laid by the German army.
There was no way out, and Fredendahl could only issue orders for the two regiments to break through on their own, effectively abandoning them. The few thousand American troops left had to lay down their arms and surrender, accepting the humiliation of being captured by the Germans. What do you think?