Editing Omar Bradley (section)

===North Africa and Sicily===
Bradley did not receive a front-line command until early 1943, after [[Operation Torch]], the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] invasion of [[French North Africa]]. He had been given [[VIII Corps (United States)|VIII Corps]] after being succeeded by [[Lloyd D. Brown]] as commander of the 28th Division, but instead was sent to [[North Africa]] to be Eisenhower's front-line troubleshooter. At Bradley's suggestion, [[II Corps (United States)|II Corps]], which had just suffered a great defeat at the [[Kasserine Pass]], was overhauled from top to bottom, and Eisenhower, now the [[Supreme Allied Commander]] of the Allied forces in North Africa, installed Major General [[George S. Patton]] as corps commander in March 1943. Patton requested Bradley as his deputy, but Bradley retained the right to represent Eisenhower as well.<ref>Weigley, p.81</ref>

Bradley succeeded Patton as commander of II Corps in April and directed it in the final Tunisian battles of April and May, with [[Bizerte]] falling to elements of II Corps on 7 May 1943. The campaign as a whole ended six days later, and with it came the surrender of over 200,000 [[Axis powers|Axis]] Germans and Italians.{{sfn|Taaffe|2013|pp=78−79}}

As a result of his excellent performance in the campaign, Bradley was promoted to [[brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Lieutenant general (United States)|lieutenant general]] on 2 June 1943<ref name="Generals of World War II"/>{{sfn|Taaffe|2013|p=81}} and continued to command II Corps in the [[Allied invasion of Sicily]] (codenamed Operation Husky). The campaign lasted only a few weeks and, as he had in Tunisia, Bradley continued to impress his superiors, Eisenhower most notably, who wrote to Marshall about Bradley:

{{Blockquote|There is very little I need to tell you about him [Bradley] because he is running absolutely true to form all the time. He has brains, a fine capacity for leadership and a thorough understanding of the requirements of modern battle. He has never caused me one moment of worry. He is perfectly capable of running an [[Field army|Army]]. He has the respect of all his associates, including all the British officers that have met him.{{sfn|Taaffe|2013|p=92}}}}