Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Operation Torch ya kasance mamayewar Amurka da Biritaniya na Arewacin Afirka ta Faransa (Morocco, Algeria, da Tunisia), wanda aka fara a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 1942, tare da sauka a Maroko da Algeria. Manufar dogon lokaci ita ce kawar da sojojin Jamus da Italiyanci daga Arewacin Afirka, inganta iko na ruwa na Bahar Rum da kuma shirya don mamaye Italiya a 1943. Sojojin Vichy da farko sun yi tsayayya, sun kashe sojojin Allied 479 kuma suka raunata 720
Ka yi haƙuri. Admiral François Darlan ya fara aiki tare da Allies, wanda ya amince da nadin Darlan a matsayin Babban Kwamishinan Faransa (shugaban gwamnatin farar hula) don Arewa da Yammacin Afirka. Ya umarci sojojin Vichy a can su daina yin tsayayya da kuma yin aiki tare da Allies, kuma sun yi haka. lokacin da aka yi yakin Tunisia, sojojin Faransa a Arewacin Afirka sun koma gefen Allies kuma sun shiga Free French.