How 6,000 Americans Crushed 30,000 at El Guettar (1943)

March 23, 1943: four weeks after the U.S. Army's worst defeat of the war at Kasserine Pass, George Patton's reorganized II Corps meets the veteran 10th Panzer Division head-on at El Guettar, Tunisia. This is the story of the Ranger night march that opened Djebel el Ank, the first real test of American tank destroyer doctrine, and the single morning that changed how the Allies saw the U.S. Army. Disclaimer: This video is a narrative reconstruction of real historical events, created for educational purposes. Some dialogue, pacing, and details have been condensed or dramatized for storytelling and should not be treated as a substitute for academic sources.