Operation Torch 1942

The invasion of French North Africa

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Description

Following the raid on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt identified the European theatre as his country's priority. Their first joint operation with the British was an amphibious invasion of French North Africa, designed to relieve pressure on their new Soviet allies, eliminate the threat of the French navy joining the Germans, and to shore up the vulnerability of British imperial possessions and trade routes through the Mediterranean.

Operation Torch was the largest and most complex amphibious invasion of its time. In November 1942, three landings took place simultaneously across the French North African coast in an ambitious attempt to trap and annihilate the Axis' North African armies between the invading forces under General Eisenhower and British Field-Marshall Montgomery's Eighth Army in Egypt.

Using full-color artwork, maps, and contemporary photographs, this is the thrilling story of this complex operation.

Table of Contents

Origins of the campaign
Chronology

Opposing commanders
Opposing forces
Opposing plans
The campaign
Aftermath
The battlefields today

Acronyms and abbreviations
Select bibliography
Index

Product details

Published Sep 19 2017
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781472820549
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 30 b/w; 40 col
Dimensions 10 x 7 inches
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 312
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Brian Lane Herder

Brian Lane Herder graduated with a BA in History f…

Illustrator

Darren Tan

Born and raised in Malaysia, Darren Tan grew up dr…

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