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Chiến dịch Bó đuốc ( Operation Torch, lúc đầu được đặt tên Chiến dịch Gymnast) là cuộc tấn công của liên minh Hoa Kỳ–Anh lên lãnh thổ Bắc Phi thuộc Pháp trong Chiến tranh thế giới thứ hai. Chiến dịch này bắt đầu ngày 8 tháng 11 năm 1942 và là một phần của Mặt trận ...
Aug 11, 2022 · On November 8th 1942, Operation Torch, which would become the first deployment of American paratroopers on the field, namely the 2nd Battalion, 509th PIR, in Tafaraoui, near Oran, in Algeria, started. General Eisenhower was in charge of the operation in itself. General Mark Clark was tasked to plan it to the best he could, and he worked on it ...
Nov 8, 2017 · The 75th Anniversary Of Operation Torch. Seventy-five years ago this week, American and British forces stormed ashore on the beaches of Morocco and Algeria in the first major test of the Grand Alliance. The intent behind Operation Torch was to eliminate the Axis presence in Africa by placing Allied troops onto the continent behind Field Marshal ...
Nov 7, 2016 · On November 8, 1942, Operation Torch, resulting in an Allied victory, began during World War II as U.S. and British forces landed in French North Africa.The ...
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Operation Torch - the Invasion of N A. 8th to 12th Nov ember 1942. Operation Torch was the invasion of west North Africa to prevent the Germans taking control of the territories occupied by the French, then under the control of the Vichy French Government. Torch was an American led operation under Eisenhower with substantial UK support.
1942: November 8: Operation Torch To open a second front on the Axis powers, the Allies chose an invasion on French North Africa. The Allied Naval Force was commanded by Admiral Sir Andrew B. Cunningham, RN. The Vichy French forces were commanded by Admiral Felix Michelier. The three key landing locations each had a separate task force. The Western Task Force (mainly U.S. forces were commanded ...
The Allied invasion of Algeria and Morocco. Initially planned for 30 October, Operation Torch was postponed to 8 November. Under the command of General Eisenhower, the Anglo-American forces consisted of 200 warships, 110 troopships, 107 000 men and considerable air cover. The Western Task Force, arriving from the United States, would land in ...
