Operation Torch was the Allied invasion of French North Africa, in which American and British forces landed at Casablanca, Oran and Algiers. Planned as the first major Anglo-American operation of the European war, it was meant to trap German and Italian forces in Libya and Tunisia between two armies, together with the British offensive after El Alamein. Vichy French forces resisted for a few days before an armistice, arranged by Admiral Darlan and General Clark, brought them over to the Allied side. Germany responded by occupying the rest of France and by sending troops into Tunisia. The campaign ended with the surrender of Axis forces in Tunisia in 1943.
Before and after
- 15 September 1942Birth of Wen Jiabao
- from 3 October 1942 to 4 October 1942Operation Basalt
- from 5 October 1942 to 12 October 1942Operation Alfa
- 11 October 1942Birth of Amitabh Bachchan
- from 8 November 1942 to 16 November 1942Operation Torch
- 17 November 1942Birth of Martin Scorsese
- from 17 November 1942 to 9 May 1943Tunisia campaign
- from 19 November 1942 to 23 November 1942Operation Uranus
- 20 November 1942Birth of Joe Biden
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