Battle of Kasserine Pass Maps and Sketches

Today in 1943, the German offensive at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia against American tank forces began. Led by General Rommel, "The Desert Fox", the Nazis handed the US a sound defeat. Subsequently, British and American forces would push the Germans out of North Africa and invade Sicily and Italy, striking at the underbelly of the Nazi empire.

This link is to a rather large PDF file (44 pages) of maps and sketches of the battle positions and terrain at the site of the Battle of Kasserine Pass.

Buddy Holly Newspaper Archive

Today in 1959, Rock N Roll stars Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and Buddy Holly died in a plane crash in Iowa. This page is an online, full-text archive of all newspaper articles about Holly that were published in his hometown newspaper, The Lubbok Avalanche-Journal.