✦ History

Operation Torch

November 8–16, 1942

Result Allied victory

Anglo-American landings in French Morocco and Algeria in November 1942. Vichy French forces soon stopped fighting, and the operation opened the Tunisian campaign against the Axis in North Africa.

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Battles 4

November 8–16, 1942
Naval Battle of Casablanca American victory Casablanca Henry Kent Hewitt
November 8, 1942
Operation Reservist Vichy French victory Oran
November 8, 1942
Operation Terminal
November 8, 1942
Battle of Port Lyautey American victory Kenitra Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton

Key commanders

Allies 5

Dwight D. Eisenhower military commander George S. Patton military commander François Darlan military commander Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope military commander Henry Kent Hewitt military commander

Axis 2

Alphonse Juin military commander Charles Noguès military commander