opération torch algeria

The French North African government gradually became active in the Allied war effort. This is against 5 Allied divisions and it would be several months before more show up. Author(s): the British battleships and cruisers at Oran had subdued the city by bombardment. All throughout 1941-1942 the British navy acted afraid of the Italian Navy The Italian numbers are from memory but if you wish to discuss it further I will did through my notes and find exact numbers. You must log in or register to reply here. Yet no one thinks it is in any way realistic much less necessary to consolidate forces to prevent the Vichy and Italian navies from defeating the Allied forces in detail. In return, Darlan ordered all French forces in North Africa to cease resistance to the Allies and to cooperate instead.
Even with Vichy cooperation it was two months before the Allies were able to launch anything resembling an offensive operation. Under the command of Major-General Charles W. Ryder, commanding general of the U.S. 34th Infantry Division, the It quickly became clear that Giraud lacked the authority to take command of the French forces. Go. It resulted from an uneasy compromise between the Western Allies, and was intended to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union by imperiling Axis forces in the region and by enabling an invasion of Southern Europe in 1943.Commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the operation was designed as a pincer movement with American landings at Morocco’s Atlantic coast and Anglo-American landings on Algeria’s Mediterranean coast.

Gen. George S. Patton and Rear Adm. H. Kent Hewitt aboard CA Documentary film presenting the dominant role of Jewish resistance fighters in AlgiersEisenhower, Dwight. This is ignoring the Axis divisions that were used to capture Tunisia and at Kasserine Pass. Operation Torch was the first stage of Eisenhower's task to secure Allied control of all of North Africa. I would like to focus on Allied airpower first. Pulling ships from the British would have greatly worsened the odds for them if the Italians fought. I believe the Italian battleships in a daylight engagement were much better than the British ones. Well, I have the opportunity to dive yet deeper into this subject I suppose. Landings at the westernmost beach were delayed because of a French convoy which appeared while the minesweepers were clearing a path.

The Allies had considered an Eastern Option for Torch. I cannot think of any examples of them performing like American carriers against a moving fleet but this may be ignorance on my part.

The Italian navy can definitely destroy the British navy at Algeris if half the navy is at Oran. While I concede they might have disabled the attacking fleet I am more interested on what would happen if they performed very poorly and a surface engagement were fought. It began on November 8 and concluded on November 16, 1942. With the assistance of air support from the carriers, the troops pushed ahead, and the objectives were captured. Landing the troops in Algeria does not necessarily mean an end to the assault on Morocco just the amphibious portion. 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. The primary objective was to secure bridgeheads for opening a second front to the rear of German and Italian forces battling the British in Libya and Egypt.On the night of November 8, after undetected crossings from the United States and the United Kingdom, a great Anglo-American fleet consisting of 350 warships and 500 transports carrying some 107,000 troops assembled off the coast of French North Africa. they were not with the army when the Germans disarmed it at Toulon.

En échange de sa coopération, Darlan put rester pour un temps à la tête de l'administration française quand les forces françaises nord-africaines rejoignirent les Alliés, ce qui indigna Charles de Gaulle et d'autres membres de la France libre.

The operation was America's first armed deployment in the Allied landing operations in Vichy French North Africa during World War IIMaj. The landing beaches again came under French fire after daybreak. Last Edited: Jan 7, 2019 Now that I have my computer back, I can reply properly. I also could post about eight more colonial divisions that disbanded in France after the fall of France since at that same time about 8 divisions of so called police and border guards show up in north Africa. I think the Italian fleet potentially has a major edge if they fight only the British. I have no idea how many bombers were in France. There were 400 land based planes allocated for operation Torch all crammed on the runways of Gibraltar. JavaScript is disabled. Operation Torch was an Allied Invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign.

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