1942 Allied landings in North Africa

75 years ago, on November 8, 1942, Anglo-American troops launched Operation Torch ("Torch") - a landing in French North Africa. On November 10, the commander-in-chief of the troops of the Vichy government, Admiral Francois Darlan, concluded an agreement with the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, on the transfer of French troops to the side of the anti-Hitler coalition.

In response, German troops occupied southern France and, under the command of General Hans-Jurgen von Arnim, landed in Tunisia, where Rommel's German-Italian army also retreated. The Allies, meanwhile, occupied Algeria and French Morocco.