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Operation Torch (8–16 November 1942) was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War.Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa while allowing American armed forces the opportunity to begin their fight against Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on a limited scale.
General Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, KCB, MC (25 December 1891 – 29 April 1959) was a senior British Army officer who saw service in both world wars.He is mainly remembered as the commander of the British First Army during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa and the subsequent Tunisian campaign which ended with the capture of almost 250,000 Axis soldiers.
United States Army operations in the theater began with Operation Torch, when Allied forces landed on the beaches of northwest Africa on 8 November 1942, and concluded in the Italian Alps some 31 months later, with the German surrender in Italy on 2 May 1945. For administrative purposes, U.S. components were responsible to Headquarters North ...
Operation Infatuate – 1 November 1944; Mediterranean Theatre. Operation Abstention – 25 February 1941; Operation Ironclad – 5 May 1942; Operation Agreement – 14 September 1942; Operation Torch – 8 November 1942 – North Africa; Operation Husky – 10 July 1943; Operation Baytown – 3 September 1943; Operation Slapstick – 9 ...
A half track and anti-tank gun are loaded onto a landing craft during Operation Torch. British sailors and British and American soldiers on the beach near Algiers. Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, USN [1] [2] Task Group 34.1 covering force Battleship USS Massachusetts (Capt. Whiting) Heavy cruisers USS Wichita (Capt. Low) and USS Tuscaloosa (Capt ...
[a] On 8 November, Operation Torch began in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, as the Panzeramee Afrika in Egypt managed to evade British outflanking moves but traffic jams, fuel shortages, poor weather and air attacks reduced the speed of their retreat to 6–7 mi (9.7–11.3 km) per day.
The question of loyalties and allegiance was a complex one. Darlan was Minister of the Navy under Philippe Petain and part of the Vichy regime subjugated to Germany, but made a deal with the Allies to allow free passage during Operation Torch in exchange for being named High Commissioner. The French population of North Africa was divided among ...
When planning began for Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942, it was decided to attach the 1st Parachute Brigade, part of the 1st Airborne Division, to the Allied forces taking part, as an American airborne unit, the 2nd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, was also to be used during the invasion.