It seems better than anything could turn up. The operation was America's first armed deployment in the Allied landing operations in Vichy French North Africa during World War IIMaj. Operation Torch was the Anglo-American invasion of French Morocco and Algeria during the North African Campaign of World War II. This would prove wrong.On November 7, Vichy forces thwarted an attempted coup d’etat by pro-Allied General Antoine Béthouart against the French command in Morocco. 9; Next. As far as planes I agree with your numbers for North Africa. this force would surely be a threat to the cargo ships. The two fleets were divided into smaller fleets. This being the case somewhere around 300 D520s with low losses due to actual air to air combat is a potential threat. There were 30 in Senegal. For the same reason, Churchill suggested that British soldiers might wear U.S. Army uniforms, although there is no evidence that this tactic was implemented.The Western Task Force landed before daybreak on 8 November 1942, at three points in Morocco: At Safi, the objective being capturing the port facilities to land the Western Task Force's medium tanks, the landings were mostly successful.At Port-Lyautey, the landing troops were uncertain of their position, and the second wave was delayed. This is against 5 Allied divisions and it would be several months before more show up. The Soviet Union had pressed the United States and United Kingdom to start operations in Europe and open a second front to reduce the pressure of German forces on the …

Letting the French fleet do the same thing in the Atlantic would be even worse. Stiff French resistance then caused significant losses at several of the Moroccan assault points before the Western Task Force achieved its landing objectives.
The following morning, the Allied assault commenced as three task forces sought to seize key ports and airports at Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers before advancing eastwards into Tunisia.The invasion forces had to overcome French opposition in territories controlled by the Vichy Regime under Marshall Philippe Pétain. For the D 520 I am confident partly because they later show up it Bulgaria and other places. Instead of Europe, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to a combined attack on French northwest Africa, known as Operation Torch. Patton landed at 08:00, and the beachheads were secured later in the day. The Allies had considered an Eastern Option for Torch.

With help from the Resistance, the Allies also succeeded in slipping French General The Allies organised three amphibious task forces to simultaneously seize the key ports and airports in Morocco and Algeria, targeting A Western Task Force (aimed at Casablanca) was composed of American units, with The Center Task Force, aimed at Oran, included the U.S. Torch was, for propaganda purposes, a landing by U.S. forces, supported by British warships and aircraft, under the belief that this would be more palatable to French public opinion, than an Anglo-American invasion.

The Western Task Force encountered unexpected resistance and bad weather, but Casablanca, the principal French Atlantic naval base, was captured after a short siege. This must have looked a big task when he received the command on August 1942, coming soon after Rommel's victory at Gazala , the fall of Tobruk … Operation Torch cost the Allies around 480 killed and 720 wounded.

The Soviet Union had pressed the United States and United Kingdom to start operations in Europe and open a second front to reduce the pressure of German forces on the … I suggest a 2:1 loss ratio in favor of Vichy if flying against British planes based on the Syria campaign and the British practice of sending older planes to Africa and keeping the modern ones at home.