After the Fall of France and the establishment of the Vichy regime in 1940, Allied leaders looked to target French colonial ...

The assault force would storm ashore in three locations stretching from Safi on Morocco’s Atlantic coast nearly 800 miles east to the Bay of Algiers. It was given the code name Operation Torch ...

On November 8, 1942, the Western Allies launched Operation Torch, landing in Vichy-controlled Morocco and Algeria to open up a second front in World War II. Torch was a paradoxical operation ...

November 1942 saw the tide turn in the European theater, with the Second Battle of El Alamein, fought in Egypt from Oct. 23 to Nov. 7, and El Alamein's strategic compliment, Operation Torch.

So much for security. Next morning we were at sea, the sealed bags were opened and it was confirmed that ‘Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa was under way and our part of the attack ...

The Anglo-American landing in North Africa? Operation Torch? No? [Those were the words of] de Gaulle, that evening, on the BBC." Heads were nodded, but no more – it was raining. Nicole Cohen ...

CHAPTER 13: By Cruise Liner - Glasgow to North Africa 8th November 1942 "Operation Torch" The Supreme Commander of this invasion was American General Eisenhower, though there was a feeling among ...