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Map of Torch

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

Umbrella naval forces

For Western Naval Task Force

Augusta

Covering Group (TG 34.1)

Rear Admiral Robert C. Galen

Fire support group

1 fast battleship (9 × 16-in. main battery): Massachusetts

2 heavy cruisers (9 × 8-in. main battery): Wichita, Tuscaloosa

Screen, Captain Don P. Moon (Comdesron 8)

2 Benham-class destroyers (4 × 5-in. main battery): Mayrant, Rhind

1 Sims-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery): Wainwright

1 Fletcher-class destroyer (5 × 5-in. main battery): Jenkins

1 tanker: Chemung

For Eastern and Center Naval Task Forces

Adm. Cunningham's flagship battleship Nelson

Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, RN in Nelson

Combat vessels

2 fleet carriers: ,

3 battleships: , ,

1 battlecruiser:

4 light cruisers: , , ,

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

Landings at Mehedia

Northern Attack Group – Ground

Brig. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott (9,099 officers and enlisted)

60th Infantry Regiment (reinf.) / 9th Infantry Division

1st Battalion / 66th Armored Regiment / 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): Texas

1 light cruiser (15 × 6-in. main battery): Savannah

Northern Attack Group Transports, Captain Augustine A. Gray (Comtransdiv s)

6 transports: Henry T. Allen, John Penn, George Clymer, Susan B. Anthony, Florence Nightingale, Anne Arundel

2 cargo ships: Electra, Algorab

Screen, Commander D. L. Madeira (Comdesron 11)

1 Sims-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery): Roe (also fire support)

2 Gleaves-class destroyer ( × 5-in. main battery): Livermore, Kearny (also fire support)

1 Benson-class destroyer ( × 5-in. main battery): Ericsson (also fire support): Parker

1 beacon submarine: Shad

Air Group

2 escort carriers

Sangamon

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

Chenango

Carrying 76 USAAF Curtiss P-40F Warhawks

Screen, Captain Charles Wellborn Jr. (Comdesdiv 19)

2 Gleaves-class destroyer ( × 5-in. main battery): Hambleton, Macomb

Special Units

1 Gleaves-class destroyer ( × 5-in. main battery): Eberle

1 Clemson-class destroyer ( × 5-in. main battery): Dallas

1 oiler: Kennebec

2 minesweepers: Raven, Osprey

1 freighter: SS Contessa (Honduran)

1 seaplane tender: Barnegat

Landings at Fedhala

Center Attack Group – Ground

Maj. Gen. J.W. Anderson (18,783 officers and enlisted)

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): Augusta

1 light cruiser (15 × 6-in. main battery): Brooklyn

Control and Fire Support Destroyers, Commander E.R. Durgin (Comdesdiv 26)

3 Gleaves-class destroyers ("Type I" 5 × 5-in. main battery): Wilkes, Swanson, Ludlow

1 Benson-class destroyers ("Type II" 4 × 5-in. main battery): Murphy

Center Attack Group Transports, Captain Emmet

2 transports: Leonard Wood, Thomas Jefferson

Transdiv 3, Captain R.G. Coman

1 attack transport: Charles Carroll

6 transports: William P. Biddle, Joseph T. Dickman, Tasker H. Bliss (sunk by submarine), Hugh L. Scott (sunk by submarine), Joseph Hewes (sunk by submarine), Edward Rutledge (sunk by submarine)

Transdiv 9, Captain W.M. Quigley

3 transports: Ancon, Elizabeth C. Stanton, Thurston

3 cargo ships: Procyon, Oberon, Arcturus

Screen, Captain John B. Heffernan (Comdesron 13)

2 Gleaves-class destroyers ("Type I" 5 × 5-in. main battery): Woolsey, Edison

2 Gleaves-class destroyers ("Type II" 4 × 5-in. main battery): Bristol, Tillman

1 Benson-class destroyer ("Type II" 4 × 5-in. main battery): Boyle

1 Benham-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery): Rowan

Minecraft, Commander A.G. Cook Jr. (Cominron 7)

3 fast minesweepers: Palmer, Hogan, Stansbury

1 minesweeper: Auk

1 fleet minelayer: Terror

1 coastal minelayer: Miantonomah

Air Group (TG 34.2)

Rear Admiral Ernest D. McWhorter

1 fleet carrier

Ranger

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

Suwannee

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): Cleveland

1 Gleaves-class: Ellyson

Desdiv 20, Captain T. L. Wattles

4 Gleaves-class destroyers: Forrest, Fitch, Corry, Hobson

2 beacon submarines: Gunnel, Herring

1 tanker: Winooski

Landings at Safi

Southern Attack Group – Ground

Maj. Gen. Ernest N. Harmon (6,423 officers and enlisted)

47th Regimental Combat Team / 9th Infantry Division

3rd and elements of 2nd Battalions / 67th Armored Regiment / 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): New York

1 light cruiser (15 × 6-in. main battery): Philadelphia

Control and Fire Support Destroyers, Captain C.C. Hanxnan (Comdesron rs)

3 Gleaves-class: Mervine, Knight, Beatty

Southern Attack Group Transports, Captain Wallace B. Phillips

4 transports: Harris, Calvert, Dorothea L. Dix, Lyon, Lakehurst

1 cargo ship: Titania

Screen, Cornmander H.C. Robison (Comdesdiv 30)

3 Gleaves-class: Quick, Cowie, Doran

Assault Destroyers

2 Wickes-class: Bernadou, Cole

Mine craft

2 fast minesweepers: Howard, Hamilton

1 coastal minesweeper: Monadnock

2 tankers: Housatonic, Merrimack

1 beacon submarine: Barb

Air Group

Santee

VGF-29: 14 F4F-4

VGS-29: 8 TBF, 9 SBD

Screen

2 Gleaves-class destroyers ("Type II" 4 × 5-in. main battery): Rodman, Emmons

1 ocean tug: Cherokee

Other Morocco forces

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

Landings at Oran

Ground and naval commanders for Central Task Force

Maj. Gen. Lloyd R. Fredendall, USA

Commodore Thomas Hope Troubridge, RN

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:

2 escort carriers: ,

1 battleship:

1 anti-aircraft cruiser:

13 destroyers

Auxiliares

1 headquarters ship: Largs

8 minesweepers

6 corvettes

2 Coast Guard cutters

various armed trawlers and motor transport vessels

Landings at Algiers

Ground and naval commanders for Eastern Task Force

Maj. Gen. Charles W. Ryder, USA

Rear Adm. Sir Harold M. Burrough, RN

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: ,

1 monitor:

3 light cruisers: , ,

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