OPERATION TORCH

ACTUNG CTHULHU

Operation Torch October 21 to November 17

Allied Forces of TORCH

Northern Task Force

 ( lands around 

Glasgow Britain October 31)

 US I Armored Corps Approx. 54,000 officers and enlisted
Major General George S. Patton, USANorthern Attack Group

Brig. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott (29,099 officers and enlisted)

60th Infantry Regiment (Reinforced) of 9th Infantry Division

 2nd Armored Division

1st Battalion of 540th Engineers

Center Attack Group

Maj. Gen. J. W. Anderson (18,783 officers and enlisted)

3rd Infantry Division

7th Infantry Regiment (Reinforced)

15th Infantry Regiment (Reinforced)

30th Infantry Regiment (Reinforced)

Southern Attack Group

Maj. Gen. Ernest N. Harmon (6,423 officers and enlisted)

47th Regimental Combat Team of 9th Infantry Division

3rd and elements of 2nd Battalion of 67th Armored Regiment of 2nd Armored Division

 FREE British & Canadian (approx. 46,000)

Central Task Force

(Lands around. November 8)

Casablanca Morocco

Major General Lloyd R. Fredendall, USA
Approx. 39,000 officers and enlisted

 United States 1st Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Terry Allen)

16th Infantry Regiment

18th Infantry Regiment

26th Infantry Regiment

1st Armored Division (Maj. Gen. Orlando Ward)

Combat Command B

6th Armored Infantry Regiment

1st Ranger Battalion

Southern Task Force

(Lands around November 16)

Pretoria South Africa

Allied Landing Forces
Major General Charles W. Ryder, USA
Approx. 33,000 officers and enlisted

 FREE British (approx. 23,000)

78th Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Vyvyan Evelegh)

11th Infantry Brigade

36th Infantry Brigade

No. 1 Commando

No. 6 Commando

5 squadrons of RAF Regiment

 United States (approx. 10,000)

9th Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Manton S. Eddy)

39th Infantry Regiment

34th Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Charles W. Ryder)

135th Infantry Regiment

168th Infantry Regiment

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