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Operation Torch 1942: The invasion of French North Africa (Campaign)

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Following the raid on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the USA into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt identified the European theatre as his country’s priority. Their first joint operation with the British used to be an amphibious invasion of French North Africa, designed to relieve pressure on their new Soviet allies, do away with the specter 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 used to be the largest and most complex amphibious invasion of its time. In November 1942, three landings took place concurrently around the French North African coast in an ambitious try to trap and annihilate the Axis’ North African armies between the invading forces under General Eisenhower and British Field-Marshall Sir Bernard Law’s Eighth Army in Egypt.

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

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