What Went Wrong With Operation Torches

Operation torch was the first British-American attack on North French Africa during WWII on November 8, 1942. The Soviet Union needed America and the United Kingdom to open a second front on Germany to relive the soviets from there continues attacks of the german forces. An American commander had a different idea to attack Europe as fast as possible but a British commander thought that was a terrible idea and decided to go with operation torch. The plan was to clear the axis forces from north Africa so that the allies would have control of the mediterranean sea as to prepare for the later attacks on Europe.

The plan was for the allies to attack morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Land that was part of Vichy french which is just what the
The Vichy French had around 125,000 soldiers as well as coastal artillery, 210 operational but out-of-date tanks and about 500 aircraft. these forces included 60,000 troops in Morocco, 15,000 in Tunisia, and 50,000 in Algeria. In addition, there around 10 or so warships and 11 submarines at Casablanca (Casablanca was the biggest city in morocco) the allies didn't think that the Vichy forces would attack them because of the information was given to Algiers from American Consul Robert Daniel Murphy. Not to forget that the french were allies with u.s and the french forces were told not to fire on the Americans unless the Americans were to fire first. However, the allies did fear that the french navy would not be too happy of the British being there since they were still recovering from the attack the British