The Allied invasion of Vichy French North Africa in 1942, known as Operation Torch, was the first mass involvement of U.S. troops in the European-North African Theatre and the first major airborne ...

This year marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy in 1944. Two months later in 1944, a less-known amphibious landing along France's Mediterranean coast also helped liberate the ...

The North Africa campaign was the first major U.S. offensive in World War II, taking place in Libya, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, and Tunisia. Operation Torch, launched in November 1942, involved three ...