What Is The Significance Of Operation Torch
Griffen Juckniewitz
Mr. Murray, p. 8
History 9
22 April, 2016
Operation Torch
World War II lasted from 1939 to 1945. The two sides of the war were the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers. The United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, and Japan made up the Allied Powers. Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill were at the helm of these countries. The Axis Powers were led by Adolf Hitler of Germany, Emperor Hirohito of Japan, and Benito Mussolini of Italy. This Alliance was sparked with the Tripartite Pact, also known as the Three-Power Pact. The Allied powers purpose was to achieve post-war peace. The fighting in Europe was referred to as the European Theatre. Pacific Theatre was where most of the warring between Japan and the Allies was done. In the early years of the war, Nazi Germany and Vichy France controlled North Africa. Vichy France was a puppet government of Nazi Germany. In order to drive these powers out, they planned …show more content…
The first of which was in Casablanca. On November 8, 1942, the Western Task Force landed. Major General George Patton commanded this force of 35,000 troops. These troops landed in three different places in Casablanca, Mehdiya-Port Lyautey, Safi, and Fedala. Because the Allied powers did not see the French giving much resistance, they did not have any pre-landing bombings or anything. The French did resist and it had cost the American troops. Casablanca was a major Navy base of the french, and was sufficiently defensed. General Patton led the first troops from the Casablanca beach at eight a.m. After heavy warring, a surrender was forced in Safi on the afternoon of November 8. On the 10, Americans had captured ports in Lyautey. A surrender there occurred on the next day, November 11. Then, the German navy had arrived and started firing at the Allies. The sinking of a German submarine on November 16 ended his part of the
Mr. Murray, p. 8
History 9
22 April, 2016
Operation Torch
World War II lasted from 1939 to 1945. The two sides of the war were the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers. The United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, and Japan made up the Allied Powers. Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill were at the helm of these countries. The Axis Powers were led by Adolf Hitler of Germany, Emperor Hirohito of Japan, and Benito Mussolini of Italy. This Alliance was sparked with the Tripartite Pact, also known as the Three-Power Pact. The Allied powers purpose was to achieve post-war peace. The fighting in Europe was referred to as the European Theatre. Pacific Theatre was where most of the warring between Japan and the Allies was done. In the early years of the war, Nazi Germany and Vichy France controlled North Africa. Vichy France was a puppet government of Nazi Germany. In order to drive these powers out, they planned …show more content…
The first of which was in Casablanca. On November 8, 1942, the Western Task Force landed. Major General George Patton commanded this force of 35,000 troops. These troops landed in three different places in Casablanca, Mehdiya-Port Lyautey, Safi, and Fedala. Because the Allied powers did not see the French giving much resistance, they did not have any pre-landing bombings or anything. The French did resist and it had cost the American troops. Casablanca was a major Navy base of the french, and was sufficiently defensed. General Patton led the first troops from the Casablanca beach at eight a.m. After heavy warring, a surrender was forced in Safi on the afternoon of November 8. On the 10, Americans had captured ports in Lyautey. A surrender there occurred on the next day, November 11. Then, the German navy had arrived and started firing at the Allies. The sinking of a German submarine on November 16 ended his part of the