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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.
The Midwest Invasion of 1967 or Midwest Offensive, codenamed Operation Torch, [1] was a military operation between Nigerian and Biafran military forces during the Nigerian Civil War. The invasion began on August 9 when 3,000 Biafran soldiers led by General Victor Banjo crossed the River Niger Bridge into Asaba. Upon reaching Agbor, the Biafrans ...
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 ...
The French Civil and Military High Command (French: Commandement en chef français civil et militaire) [1] [2] was an administrative and military governing body in Algiers that was created in connection with the Allied landings in French North Africa on 7 and 8 November 1942 as part of Operation Torch.
After the United States entered World War II, General George C. Marshall assigned Eisenhower to the War Plans Division in Washington, D.C. Eisenhower became the commander of American forces in Britain in June 1942 and was assigned to lead Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa.
Organizational plans were also being laid down, with the War Office calling for two parachute brigades to be operational by 1943. [7] However, the immediate development of any further airborne formations, as well as the initial 500 volunteers already training, was hampered by three problems.
On 8 November 1942 the Allies invaded French North Africa in Operation Torch. It may be that General Dwight Eisenhower , with the support of President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill , made a secret agreement with Admiral Darlan to give him control of French North Africa if he defected to ...
On 8 November 1942, the Western Allies landed in North Africa in Operation Torch. The Germans implemented a contingency plan, Case Anton to occupy Zone Libre, the part of France not occupied in 1940. The plan included Operazione C2 (11 November) the Italian occupation of the French island of Corsica and mainland France up to the Rhone.