Allied landings in North Africa (Operation Torch)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkbp:casualties	Allied: ~1,325 killed Vichy French: ~1,346 killed
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_Powers gptkb:Vichy_France
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:George_S._Patton gptkb:Jean_de_Laborde gptkb:François_Darlan gptkb:Kenneth_Anderson
gptkbp:date	November 1942
gptkbp:endDate	16 November 1942
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Tunisian_Campaign
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Allied landings in North Africa (Operation Torch)
gptkbp:involves	gptkb:Italy gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Free_French_Forces gptkb:Vichy_France
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Algeria gptkb:Morocco gptkb:French_North_Africa
gptkbp:mainLandingSites	gptkb:Algiers gptkb:Casablanca gptkb:Oran
gptkbp:navalSupport	gptkb:Royal_Navy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:objective	Secure North Africa for Allies Open second front against Axis
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy	gptkb:Combined_Chiefs_of_Staff
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_France Operation Gymnast (planning name)
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Operation_Husky
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Led to Axis surrender in North Africa First major Allied amphibious operation of WWII
gptkbp:startDate	8 November 1942
gptkbp:supports	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:German_occupation_of_Vichy_France_(1942)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7