Editing Lloyd Fredendall (section)

{{Short description|American general during World War II (1883–1963)}}
{{Infobox military person
| name          = Lloyd Fredendall
| image         = L.R.Fredendall.jpg
| caption       = Fredendall as Lieutenant General
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1883|12|28}}
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1963|10|4|1883|12|28}}
| placeofburial = [[Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery]]
| birth_place   = [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]], [[Wyoming Territory]], U.S.
| death_place   = [[San Diego|San Diego, California]], U.S.
| allegiance    = {{flag|United States|1908}}
| branch        = {{army|United States}}
| serviceyears  = 1907–1946
| servicenumber = 0-2197
| 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]]
| commands      = [[57th Infantry Regiment (United States)|57th Infantry Regiment]]<br>[[4th Infantry Division (United States)|4th Infantry Division]]<br>[[XI Corps (United States)|XI Corps]]<br>[[II Corps (United States)|II Corps]]<br>[[Second United States Army|Second Army]]<br>[[Central Defense Command]]
| battles       = [[Philippine&ndash;American War]]<br>[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]
* [[North African Campaign]]
| awards        = [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Army Distinguished Service Medal]]<br>[[Philippine Campaign Medal]]<br>[[Mexican Border Service Medal]]<br>[[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]]<br>[[American Defense Service Medal]]<br>[[American Campaign Medal]]<br>[[European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]]<br>[[World War II Victory Medal]]
| spouse        = Crystal Daphne Chant (m. 1909-1963, his death)
| children      = 2
}}
[[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>

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, as a [[Major general (United States)|major general]] 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]].

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=https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/lloyd-fredendall-one-of-the-most-unsuccessful-american-generals-of-wwii.html?chrome=1 |title=Lloyd Fredendall: One of the Most Unsuccessful American Generals of WWII |last=Fitzgerald |first=Clare |date=September 17, 2021 |website=War History Online |location=Alexandria, VA}}</ref>