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Leaders Lt Gen Kenneth Anderson in an aircraft Thibar Tunisia 2nd May 1943 01

 Leaders Lt Gen Kenneth Anderson in an aircraft Thibar Tunisia 2nd May 1943 01

Operation Torch in a nutshell
Date:- 8–16 November 1942
Location:- French Morocco, French Algeria
Result:- Allied victory
Territorial changes :- Anglo-American occupation of Morocco and Algeria, Free French control of French West Africa, Case Anton (Axis occupation of southern France)
 
Belligerents:
Allied: Axis:
   
   United States    Vichy France
   
   United Kingdom    Algeria
   
   British Raj    Morocco
   
   Navy only Australia    Germany
   
   Navy only Canada    Italy
   
   Navy only Netherlands  
   
Commanders and Leaders:
Allied: Axis:
   
   US Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower    Alphonse Juin
   
   US Gen George S. Patton    Charles Noguès
   
   Rear-Adm Henry Kent Hewitt USN    Frix Michelier
   
   Adm Sir Andrew Cunningham    Ernst Kals
   
   Cdre T H Troubridge  
   
   Lieutenant General Lloyd Ralston Fredendall  
   
   General Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson  
   
Logistics and Forces used - Strength:
Allied Ground forces: Axis Ground forces:
107,000 troops 125,000 troops
35,000 in Morocco 210 tanks
39,000 near Algiers 500 aircraft
33,000 near Oran many shore batteries and artillery pieces
   
Naval activity
Allied Naval activity: Axis Naval activity:
350 warships 1 battleship (partially armed)
500 transports 10 other warships
Total: 850 11 submarines
     Germany: 14 submarines
   
     Italy: 14 submarines
   
Casualties and losses
Allied: Axis:
   
   United States: 526 dead    Vichy France: 1,346+ dead 1,997 wounded
   
   United Kingdom: 574 dead    several shore batteries destroyed
   
All Other Allies: 756 total wounded    all artillery pieces captured
   
Naval Losses
Naval Losses Allied: Naval Losses Axis:
   
   1 escort carrier (HMS Avenger) sunk with loss of 516 men
sunk by U-155 on 15th Nov 1942
   1 light cruiser lost
   
4 destroyers lost    5 destroyers lost
   
2 sloops lost    2 flotilla leaders lost
   
6 troopships lost    6 submarines lost
   
1 minesweeper lost    Germany: 8 submarines lost by 17 November
   
1 auxiliary anti-aircraft ship lost    Italy: 2 submarines lost by 17 November
   

 

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