Operation Torch in a nutshell

Date:- 8–16 November 1942

Location:- French Morocco, French Algeria

Result:- Allied victory

Territorial changes :- Anglo-American occupation of Morocco and Algeria, Free French control of French West Africa, Case Anton (Axis occupation of southern France)

Belligerents:
Allied:	Axis:
United States	Vichy France
United Kingdom	Algeria
British Raj	Morocco
Navy only Australia	Germany
Navy only Canada	Italy
Navy only Netherlands
Commanders and Leaders:
Allied:	Axis:
US Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower	Alphonse Juin
US Gen George S. Patton	Charles Noguès
Rear-Adm Henry Kent Hewitt USN	Frix Michelier
Adm Sir Andrew Cunningham	Ernst Kals
Cdre T H Troubridge
Lieutenant General Lloyd Ralston Fredendall
General Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson
Logistics and Forces used - Strength:
Allied Ground forces:	Axis Ground forces:
107,000 troops	125,000 troops
35,000 in Morocco	210 tanks
39,000 near Algiers	500 aircraft
33,000 near Oran	many shore batteries and artillery pieces
Naval activity
Allied Naval activity:	Axis Naval activity:
350 warships	1 battleship (partially armed)
500 transports	10 other warships
Total: 850	11 submarines
	Germany: 14 submarines
	Italy: 14 submarines
Casualties and losses
Allied:	Axis:
United States: 526 dead	Vichy France: 1,346+ dead 1,997 wounded
United Kingdom: 574 dead	several shore batteries destroyed
All Other Allies: 756 total wounded	all artillery pieces captured
Naval Losses
Naval Losses Allied:	Naval Losses Axis:
1 escort carrier (HMS Avenger) sunk with loss of 516 men sunk by U-155 on 15th Nov 1942	1 light cruiser lost
4 destroyers lost	5 destroyers lost
2 sloops lost	2 flotilla leaders lost
6 troopships lost	6 submarines lost
1 minesweeper lost	Germany: 8 submarines lost by 17 November
1 auxiliary anti-aircraft ship lost	Italy: 2 submarines lost by 17 November