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    Operation Torch (8–16 November 1942) was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. Torch was a compromise operation that met...
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  • French North Africa took place in November 1942 under the code name Operation Torch. After the United States entered World War II in December 1941, the...
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    by Vichy France, then retaken by the Americans and British during Operation Torch in 1942, As for the population, they mostly opposed the Vichy Regime...
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    of Torch was to seize French Northwest Africa and, for political reasons, the Americans would lead operation. The airborne segment of the operation entailed...
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    Equatorial Africa – West Africa. French West Africa surrendered in Operation Torch to the Allies armies. Dakar Air Base became an important air base....
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    North African campaign (category Battles and operations of World War II involving Australia)
    Desert campaign, also known as the Desert War), in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch), and in Tunisia (Tunisia campaign). The campaign was fought between...
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    Operation Marne Torch refers to two operations launched by U.S.-led Coalition forces in 2007 against al-Qaeda in Iraq in the Arab Jabour area of Babil...
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    personally report on the operation to King George VI and was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. After Operation Dynamo was completed, he...
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    two of the most consequential military campaigns of World War II: Operation Torch in the North Africa campaign in 1942–1943 and the invasion of Normandy...
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    in the liberation of French colonies throughout the world including Operation Torch in French north Africa, escorting convoys during the Battle of the...
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