Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Operation Torch yaive yekupinda kweAmerica neBritain muFrench North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, neTunisia), yakatanga musi wa8 Mbudzi 1942, nekumhara muMorocco neAlgeria. Chinangwa chenguva refu chaiva chokubvisa mauto eGermany neItaly kuNorth Africa, kusimbisa kudzora kwezvikepe zvegungwa reMediterranean uye kugadzirira kupinda muItaly muna 1943. Mauto eVichy pakutanga akaramba,
kuuraya mauto eAllied 479 nokukuvadza 720. Admiral François Darlan akatanga kushandira pamwe neAllies, avo vakaziva kuzvisarudzira kwaDarlan saMukuru weFrance (musoro wehurumende yehurumende) kuNorth neWest Africa. Akarayira mauto eVichy ikoko kuti arege kuramba uye kushandira pamwe neAllies, uye vakaita saizvozvo. apo Campaign yeTunisia yakarwiwa, mauto eFrance muNorth Africa akanga aenda kudivi reAllied uye akabatana neFree French.