Facing the attack was the II US Corps under Major General Lloyd Fredendall. Generaloberst Hans-Jürgen von Arnim commanded several experienced combat units, including the 10th Panzer Division and the 21st Panzer Division of the 5th Panzer Army, which were to sweep north and west towards the Kasserine Pass, while another battle group attacked Sidi Bou Zid from the south. The battle was planned by the Germans to be a two-part offensive-defensive operation against US positions in western Tunisia. It resulted in the Axis forces recapturing the strategically important town of Sbeitla in central Tunisia. The battle was fought around Sidi Bou Zid, where a large number of US Army units were mauled by German and Italian forces. The Battle of Sidi Bou Zid (Unternehmen Frühlingswind/Operation Spring Breeze) took place during the Tunisia Campaign from 14–17 February 1943, in World War II.
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