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On 8 November 1942, Allied forces undertook Operation Torch, a phase of World War II. Torch was the first major amphibious operation carried out by the Allies in the European Theatre as well as the first commitment of United States troops against those of Nazi Germany.

Landings in Morocco US I Armored Corps Major General George S. Patton, USA
 * Northern Attack Group (Mehedia)
 * Brig. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott
 * (9,099 officers and enlisted)
 * Center Attack Group (Fedhala)
 * Maj. Gen. J. W. Anderson
 * (18,783 officers and enlisted)
 * Southern Attack Group (Safi)
 * Maj. Gen. Ernest N. Harmon
 * (6,423 officers and enlisted)
 * 🇫🇷 French Army in Morocco
 * Fez Division, Meknès Division, Casablanca Division, Marrakech Division

Landings at Oran US II Corps

Major General Lloyd R. Fredendall, USA


 * Approx. 39,000 officers and enlisted
 * 1st Infantry Division
 * 1st Armored Division / Combat Command B
 * 6th Armored Infantry Regiment
 * 1st Ranger Battalion
 * 🇫🇷 French Army in Algeria
 * Algiers Division, Oran Division, Moroccan Division

Landings at Algiers Major General Charles W. Ryder, USA


 * Approx. 33,000 officers and enlisted
 * British (approx. 23,000)
 * 78th Infantry Division, No. 1 Commando, No. 6 Commando
 * 🇺🇸 United States (approx. 10,000)
 * 9th Infantry Division / 39th Infantry Regiment
 * 34th Infantry Division / 135th, 168th Infantry Regiments

For Western Naval Task Force

 * Covering Group (TG 34.1)
 * Rear Admiral Robert C. Galen
 * Fire support group
 * 1 fast battleship (9 × 16-in. main battery): USS Massachusetts (BB-59)
 * 2 heavy cruisers (9 × 8-in. main battery): USS Wichita (CA-45), USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37)
 * Screen, Captain Don P. Moon (Comdesron 8)
 * 2 Benham-class destroyers (4 × 5-in. main battery): USS Mayrant (DD-402), USS Rhind (DD-404)
 * 1 Sims-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery): USS Wainwright (DD-419)
 * 1 Fletcher-class destroyer (5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Jenkins (DD-447)
 * 1 tanker: USS Chemung (AO-30)

For Eastern and Center Naval Task Forces
Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, RN in Nelson
 * Combat vessels
 * 2 fleet carriers: HMS Victorious (R38), HMS Formidable (67)
 * 3 battleships: HMS Nelson (28), HMS Rodney (29), HMS Duke of York (17)
 * 1 battlecruiser: HMS Renown (1916)
 * 4 light cruisers: HMS Argonaut (61), HMS Bermuda (C52), HMS Sirius (82), HMS Phoebe (43)
 * 17 destroyers

Landings in Morocco
Western Task Force, United States Army: Major General George S. Patton Jr. Western Task Force, United States Navy: Rear Admiral H. Kent Hewitt

Northern Attack Group – Ground
Brig. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott (9,099 officers and enlisted)
 * 60th Infantry Regiment (reinf.) / 9th_Infantry_Division_patch.svg 9th Infantry Division
 * 1st Battalion / 66th Armored Regiment / United_States_Army_2nd_Armored_Division_CSIB.svg 2nd Armored Division
 * 1st Battalion of 540th Engineers

Northern Attack Group – Naval (TG 34.8)
Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly


 * Fire Support Group
 * 1 old battleship (10 × 14-in. main battery): USS Texas (BB-35)
 * 1 light cruiser (15 × 6-in. main battery): USS Savannah (CL-42)
 * Northern Attack Group Transports, Captain Augustine A. Gray (Comtransdiv s)
 * 6 transports: USS Henry T. Allen (AP-30), USS John Penn (AP-51), USS George Clymer (AP-57), USS Susan B. Anthony (AP-72), USS Florence Nightingale (AP-70), USS Anne Arundel (AP-76)
 * 2 cargo ships: USS Electra (AK-21), USS Algorab (AK-25)
 * Screen, Commander D. L. Madeira (Comdesron 11)
 * 1 Sims-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery): USS Roe (DD-418) (also fire support)
 * 2 Gleaves-class destroyer ( × 5-in. main battery): USS Livermore (DD-429), USS Kearny (DD-432) (also fire support)
 * 1 Benson-class destroyer ( × 5-in. main battery): USS Ericsson (DD-440) (also fire support): USS Parker (DD-604)
 * 1 beacon submarine: USS Shad (SS-235)
 * Air Group
 * 2 escort carriers
 * USS Sangamon (ACV-26)
 * VGS-26: 9 TBF-1 ( Avenger), 9 SBD-3 (Dauntless), Lt. Cdr. J.S. Tracy
 * VGF-26: 12 F4F-4 (Wildcat), Lt. Cdr. W. E. Ellis
 * USS Chenango (ACV-28)
 * Carrying 76 USAAF Curtiss P-40F Warhawks
 * Screen, Captain Charles Wellborn Jr. (Comdesdiv 19)
 * 2 Gleaves-class destroyer ( × 5-in. main battery): USS Hambleton (DD-455), USS Macomb (DD-458)
 * Special Units
 * 1 Gleaves-class destroyer ( × 5-in. main battery): USS Eberle (DD-430)
 * 1 Clemson-class destroyer ( × 5-in. main battery): USS Dallas (DD-199)
 * 1 oiler: USS Kennebec (AO-36)
 * 2 minesweepers: USS Raven (AM-55), USS Osprey (AM-56)
 * 1 freighter: SS Contessa (Honduran)
 * 1 seaplane tender: USS Barnegat (AVP-10)

Center Attack Group – Ground
Maj. Gen. J.W. Anderson (18,783 officers and enlisted)
 * 3rd_Infantry_Division_SSI_%281918-2015%29.svg 3rd Infantry "Rock of the Marne" Division
 * 7th Infantry Regiment (reinf.)
 * 15th Infantry Regiment (reinf.)
 * 30th Infantry Regiment (reinf.)

Center Attack Group – Naval (TG 34.9)
Captain Robert R.M. Emmet in Leonard Wood
 * Fire Support Group
 * 1 heavy cruiser (9 × 8-in. main battery): USS Augusta (CA-31)
 * 1 light cruiser (15 × 6-in. main battery): USS Brooklyn (CL-40)
 * Control and Fire Support Destroyers, Commander E.R. Durgin (Comdesdiv 26)
 * 3 Gleaves-class destroyers ("Type I" 5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Wilkes (DD-441), USS Swanson (DD-443), USS Ludlow (DD-438)
 * 1 Benson-class destroyers ("Type II" 4 × 5-in. main battery): USS Murphy (DD-603)
 * Center Attack Group Transports, Captain Emmet
 * 2 transports: USS Leonard Wood (AP-25), USS Thomas Jefferson (AP-60)
 * Transdiv 3, Captain R.G. Coman
 * 1 attack transport: USS Charles Carroll (APA-28)
 * 6 transports: USS William P. Biddle (AP-15), USS Joseph T. Dickman (AP-26), USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP-42) (sunk by submarine), USS Hugh L. Scott (AP-43) (sunk by submarine), USS Joseph Hewes (AP-50) (sunk by submarine), USS Edward Rutledge (AP-52) (sunk by submarine)
 * Transdiv 9, Captain W.M. Quigley
 * 3 transports: USS Ancon (AP-66), USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69), USS Thurston (AP-77)
 * 3 cargo ships: USS Procyon (AK-19), USS Oberon (AK-56), USS Arcturus (AK-18)
 * Screen, Captain John B. Heffernan (Comdesron 13)
 * 2 Gleaves-class destroyers ("Type I" 5 × 5-in. main battery): USS Woolsey (DD-437), USS Edison (DD-439)
 * 2 Gleaves-class destroyers ("Type II" 4 × 5-in. main battery): USS Bristol (DD-453), USS Tillman (DD-641)
 * 1 Benson-class destroyer ("Type II" 4 × 5-in. main battery): USS Boyle (DD-600)
 * 1 Benham-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery): USS Rowan (DD-405)
 * Minecraft, Commander A.G. Cook Jr. (Cominron 7)
 * 3 fast minesweepers: USS Palmer (DMS-5), USS Hogan (DMS-6), USS Stansbury (DMS-8)
 * 1 minesweeper: USS Auk (AM-57)
 * 1 fleet minelayer: USS Terror (CM-5)
 * 1 coastal minelayer: USS Miantonomah (CM-10)

Air Group (TG 34.2)
Rear Admiral Ernest D. McWhorter
 * 1 fleet carrier
 * USS Ranger (CV-4)
 * Air Group 9, Commander D.B. Overfield
 * VF-9:  27 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters
 * VF-41: 27 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters
 * VS-41: 18 Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless scout bombers
 * 1 auxiliary aircraft carrier
 * USS Suwannee (ACV-27)
 * Suwannee Air Group
 * VGF-27: 11 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters
 * VGS-27:  9 Grumman TBF Avenger scout bombers
 * VGF-28: 12 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters
 * VGS-30:  6 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters
 * Screen
 * 1 light cruiser (12 × 6-in. main battery): USS Cleveland (CL-55)
 * 1 Gleaves-class: USS Ellyson (DD-454)
 * Desdiv 20, Captain T. L. Wattles
 * 4 Gleaves-class destroyers: USS Forrest (DD-461), USS Fitch (DD-462), USS Corry (DD-463), USS Hobson (DD-464)
 * 2 beacon submarines: USS Gunnel (SS-253), USS Herring (SS-233)
 * 1 tanker: USS Winooski (AO-38)

Southern Attack Group – Ground
Maj. Gen. Ernest N. Harmon (6,423 officers and enlisted)
 * 47th Regimental Combat Team / 9th_Infantry_Division_patch.svg 9th Infantry Division
 * 3rd and elements of 2nd Battalions / 67th Armored Regiment / United_States_Army_2nd_Armored_Division_CSIB.svg 2nd Armored Division

Southern Attack Group – Naval (TG 34.10)
Rear Admiral Lyal A. Davidson in Philadelphia
 * Fire support group
 * 1 old battleship (10 × 14-in. main battery): USS New York (BB-34)
 * 1 light cruiser (15 × 6-in. main battery): USS Philadelphia (CL-41)
 * Control and Fire Support Destroyers, Captain C.C. Hanxnan (Comdesron rs)
 * 3 Gleaves-class: USS Mervine (DD-489), USS Knight (DD-633), USS Beatty (DD-640)
 * Southern Attack Group Transports, Captain Wallace B. Phillips
 * 4 transports: USS Harris (AP-8), USS Calvert (AP-65), USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67), USS Lyon (AP-71), Lakehurst
 * 1 cargo ship: USS Titania (AK-55)
 * Screen, Cornmander H.C. Robison (Comdesdiv 30)
 * 3 Gleaves-class: USS Quick (DD-490), USS Cowie (DD-632), USS Doran (DD-634)
 * Assault Destroyers
 * 2 Wickes-class: USS Bernadou (DD-153), USS Cole (DD-155)
 * Mine craft
 * 2 fast minesweepers: USS Howard (DMS-7), USS Hamilton (DMS-18)
 * 1 coastal minesweeper: USS Monadnock (CM-9)
 * 2 tankers: USS Housatonic (AO-35), USS Merrimack (AO-37)
 * 1 beacon submarine: USS Barb (SS-220)
 * Air Group
 * USS Santee (ACV-29)
 * VGF-29: 14 F4F-4
 * VGS-29: 8 TBF, 9 SBD
 * Screen
 * 2 Gleaves-class destroyers ("Type II" 4 × 5-in. main battery): USS Rodman (DD-456), USS Emmons (DD-457)
 * 1 ocean tug: USS Cherokee (AT-66)

French ground forces
🇫🇷 French Army in Morocco
 * Fez Division (Maj. Gen. Maurice-Marie Salbert)
 * 4th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
 * 5th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
 * 11th Algerian Rifle Regiment
 * 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment
 * Meknès Division (Maj. Gen. Andre-Marie-François Dody)
 * 7th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
 * 8th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
 * 3rd Moroccan Spahis Regiment
 * Casablanca Division (Brig. Gen. Antoine Béthouart)
 * 1st Moroccan Rifle Regiment
 * 6th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
 * Colonial Moroccan Infantry Regiment
 * 1st Hunters of Africa Regiment
 * Marrakech Division (Brig. Gen. Henry Jules Jean Maurice Martin)
 * 2nd Moroccan Rifle Regiment
 * 2nd Foreign infantry Regiment
 * 4th Moroccan Spahis Regiment

Oran ground forces

 * 🇺🇸 US II Corps
 * Major General Lloyd R. Fredendall, USA
 * Approx. 39,000 officers and enlisted
 * 1st Infantry "Big Red One" Division
 * Combat Command B / 1st Armored Division
 * 6th Armored Infantry Regiment
 * 1st Ranger Battalion

Oran naval forces

 * Center Task Force
 * Commodore '''Thomas Hope Troubridge, RN
 * Combat ships
 * 1 fleet carrier: HMS Furious (47)
 * 2 escort carriers: HMS Biter (D97), HMS Dasher (D37)
 * 1 battleship: HMS Rodney (29)
 * 1 anti-aircraft cruiser: HMS Delhi (D47)
 * 13 destroyers
 * Auxiliares
 * 1 headquarters ship: Largs
 * 8 minesweepers
 * 6 corvettes
 * 2 Coast Guard cutters
 * various armed trawlers and motor transport vessels

Algiers ground forces

 * Major General Charles W. Ryder, USA
 * Approx. 33,000 officers and enlisted
 * British (approx. 23,000)
 * 78th Infantry Division, No. 1 Commando, No. 6 Commando
 * 🇺🇸 United States (approx. 10,000)
 * 39th Infantry Regiment / 9th Infantry "Red Bull" Division
 * 135th, 168th Infantry Regiments / 34th Infantry "Old Reliables" Division

Algiers naval forces

 * Eastern Task Force
 * Rear Admiral Harold M. Burrough, RN
 * Combat vessels
 * 2 escort carriers: HMS Argus (I49), HMS Avenger (D14)
 * 1 monitor: HMS Roberts (F40)
 * 3 light cruisers: HMS Sheffield (C24), HMS Scylla (98), HMS Charybdis (88)
 * 3 anti-aircraft cruisers: HMS Palomares, HMS Pozarica, HMS Tynwald
 * 13 destroyers
 * Auxiliaries
 * 1 headquarters ship: HMS Bulolo
 * 7 minesweepers
 * 7 corvettes
 * 3 sloops
 * various small craft