Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 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,
Kashe sojojin kawance 479 da raunata 720. 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.