Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: AFHQ yakagadzwa muUnited Kingdom musi wa14 Nyamavhuvhu 1942 pasi peLieutenant General Dwight David Eisenhower kuitira kuti atungamirire mauto akazvipira ku
Operation Torch, kupinda kweAllied muFrench North Africa, kwakarongerwa November. Eisenhower akanga ane zita rokuti Mutungamiriri Mukuru, Allied Expeditionary Force. Nokukurumidza pashure pokugadzwa dzimbahwe, "Expeditionary" yakabviswa zita rayo, nokuda kwezvikonzero kushanda kuchengeteka. Nokudaro Eisenhower akava Mutungamiriri Mukuru, Allied Force. HQ yakaendeswa kuGibraltar musi wa5 Mbudzi 1942, ndokuzoendeswa kuAlgiers musi wa28 Mbudzi 1942.