[the scotsman]

Remember:

1--that the Mareth Line was virtually impassible due to appalling weather.Patton wouldnt have even tried a mass attack in early Feb...

2--Sorry but the Germans ALWAYS had a plan from Nov onwards to strike at the Americans.So Kasserine wasnt as ad hoc as you make it sound.

[PzLdr]

Rommel may have had it in his mind, but Von Arnim was planning an attack further north in the Dorsal. Took Kesselring to sort him out[ the perils of split command]. Arnim still held up the 10th Pz.'s participation to a point that convinced Rommel to call it off.

As for Monty, it could have been 70 degrees Fahrenheit, with low humidity and gentle breezes for months - and he still wouldn't have moved.

As for me, won the ROTC Military Science II award for military history with the paper I wrote on the Kasserine offensive.