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He was in command of the Central Task Force landings during [[Operation Torch]] in North Africa, and led [[II Corps (United States)|II Corps]] during the early stages of the [[Tunisian Campaign]].
In February 1943, while in command of the II Corps, his forces were defeated by [[Wehrmacht|German forces]] commanded by [[Generalfeldmarschall|Field Marshal]] [[Erwin Rommel]] and [[Generaloberst|General]] [[Hans-Jürgen von Arnim]] in the [[Battle of Kasserine Pass]]. After this debacle, Fredendall was relieved of command of II Corps by [[General (United States)|General]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], the [[Supreme Allied Commander]] in North Africa, and replaced by [[Major General (United States)|Major General]] [[George S. Patton Jr.]]
In spite of being relieved of command, Fredendall was promoted to lieutenant general in June 1943, assumed command of [[Second United States Army|Second Army]] and was greeted in the United States as a hero.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/ilfredendall.htm |title=Biography from Arlington National Cemetery - Lloyd Fredendall |access-date=2009-03-19 |archive-date=2017-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302093701/http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/ilfredendall.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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