Road through Kasserine Pass

Operation Torch is underway. Allied Forces managed to land in Morocco and Algeria in a surprise invasion. Yet unsurprisingly, the Vichy French garrison forces could not hold off the American landings in Casablanca, Oran and Algiers. This threatens everything the Afrikakorps has worked for. General-Fieldmarshal Rommel is on the brink of taking Alexandria and the Suez Canal. This would pave the way into Asia and ultimately to the rich oil fields of the Caucasus. Now he needs to turn around and retake his own back yard. The first American-German field encounter is yet to come. Both forces are racing towards the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia. History will tell how it will turn out ... Part of the "Alternate Mediterranian Campaign" series: 1) Farewell, Montevideo! 2) The Blockade of Dunkirk 3) Save the Bismarck! 4) Punching Past Gibraltar 5) The Siege of Tobruk 6) Club Run to Malta 7) Force 10 from Crete 8) Operation Pedestal 9) Hunting Grounds[ 10) Weekend at Preveza 11) Letters From Malta 12) The Road through Kasserine Pass 13) ... (more to come)