Essay On Operation Torch Landing

Eisenhower in November of 1942, Operation TORCH started, with the proposal of landing troops in North Africa. The Combined Chiefs of Staff appointed him as Commander in Chief for the invasion. However, both Marshall and Eisenhower resisted the operation as it would divert resources from the landing on Europe. The operation did delay the invasion of Europe. Nevertheless, it did have some positive benefits with testing the equipment along with the troops and their training. The leaders also learned from the different lessons and learned to work together as a unified force. They also received a better understanding of how amphibious landing and the planning involved. Churchill and the other Allied forces had concerns for keeping control over the Mediterranean and a campaign in North Africa would do this. They decided that it was the best option they had and it caused a lot of worry for Eisenhower due to the complexity of the amphibious landing. The landing was the US first campaign in Europe and was the debut

Harmony between the forces was again stressed and Eisenhower needed a staff that would follow through with this. Eisenhower now left the operation into the hands of the soldiers on Gold, Sword, Juno, Omaha, and Utah beaches. Operation OVERLORD was the largest amphibious landing ever in history. The previous operations and landing in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy helped prepare the leaders and troops for this day. By the end of June, the Allied forces had landed over one million men and near 585,000 tons of supplies to support them, Operation ANVIL in southern France was also helping with them sending men to Europe. Then by then of August some two million men were in France and heading toward Paris. Eisenhower was optimistic about the success of the operation and was determined that the work after it would also be