Lloyd Fredendall: Difference between revisions

|branch = {{army|United States}}

|serviceyears = 1907–1946

|rank = [[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|25px]] [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]]

|unit = [[File:USA - Army Infantry Insignia.png|25px]] [[Infantry Branch (United States)|Infantry Branch]]

|children = 2

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[[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] '''Lloyd Ralston Fredendall''' (December 28, 1883 – October 4, 1963) was a general [[Officer (armed forces)|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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brimelow |first=Benjamin |date=February 22, 2022 |title=What the US's first humiliating encounter with the Nazis taught the Allies about how to win World War II |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/what-allied-defeat-at-kasserine-pass-taught-about-fighting-nazis-2022-2 |work=[[Business Insider]] |location=New York, NY |quote="Decades after the battle, Gen. Omar Bradley described it as a "complete disaster." "Even these many years later, it pains me to reflect on that disaster," Bradley said in an autobiography published in the 1980s. "It was probably the worst performance of U.S. Army troops in their whole proud history.""}}</ref>