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Lieutenant General Lloyd Ralston Fredendall (December 28, 1883 – October 4, 1963) was a general officer of the United States Army who served during World War II. He is best known for his leadership failure during the Battle of Kasserine Pass, leading to one of America's worst defeats of World War II, for which he was relieved of his command.
Major General Lloyd Fredendall converses with French officers in North Africa during a briefing. “Shangri-la”: Fredendall’s Leadership From the Rear. In early February, General Eisenhower managed to get away from Casablanca and visit II Corps. What he found shocked and appalled him.
14 Feb 2022 · A history of the World War II battle of Kasserine Pass and the command failure of Maj. Gen. Lloyd Fredendall.
17 Sep 2021 · Lloyd Fredendall was a US Army general who commanded the II Corps in the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1943. He was incompetent, disobeyed orders, and led his troops to defeat and panic in the battles of Sidi Bou Zid and Kasserine Pass.
The Battle of Sidi Bou Zid was the opening clash by Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel’s German-Italian Panzer Army against Maj. Gen. Lloyd Fredendall’s 32,000-strong U.S. II Corps advancing into central Tunisia. It would be all that Cols. Waters and Drake could do just to hang on until help arrived; that is, if it ever did.
18 Sep 2022 · Major Gen. Lloyd Fredendall was one of these failures, as his poor leadership would spell disaster for the GIs in their first land engagement in the European theater.
Lloyd Fredendall was the US II Corps commander who led the Allied forces in North Africa against Rommel's Afrika Korps in 1943. He faced a major defeat at Kasserine Pass, but learned from the experience and improved the US Army's performance in the future.
