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This 6 page paper provides an overview of the TORCH operation of September 1942, and the impacts that this had on the strategic warfare of Allied and Axis powers.
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was shaped by the need to address Axis presence in countries along the Mediterranean. Operation TORCH focused on the use of naval systems with a focus on the reduction
of access to existing armed forces support for Axis powers. The operation, though, demonstrated the ineffective command and control over existing operations that would inherently impact the Allied forces and
their ability to stand up against Rommel (in Africa) and the Nazis. In assessing the directives under the TORCH initiative, it is beneficial to consider the nature of joint
service, the role of both Army and Navy operations and the impacts of transnational efforts that related to the specific force capabilities of the armies in Northern Africa.
As a staff member with the Combined Chiefs of Staff for the European Theater of Operations (ETO), I have been asked
to review the Norfolk Groups plan and assess whether all of the operational planning factors have been considered relative to the initiation of this action. Specifically, my supervisor has
asked me to determine whether the TORCH plan meets all of the goals that it is specifically intended to achieve. Goals of the Campaign One of the
most significant challenges is to determine whether or not the TORCH operation was developed to achieve the central directives of the ETO, as well as the defined combined military directives.
In the directive from the President of the United States and Prime Minister of England, the combined military operations in TORCH were shaped by the desire to take and
maintain control with the Allied forces of North Africa, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea (Directive for Commander-in-Chief, 1942). There are some central elements, though, in the
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