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The 26 pages that link to Operation Torch, each with the reason it gives.

• Free FranceRelated: The landings brought French North Africa into the Allied conflict and intensified rival French claims to authority.

• Strait of GibraltarRelated: Control of the strait mattered to Allied operations in the western Mediterranean.

• Armistice of 22 June 1940Related: The landings prompted Germany to occupy Vichy France and helped unravel the armistice order.

• Second Battle of El AlameinRelated: Its opening during the battle forced Axis leaders to confront a second Allied front in North Africa.

• George S. PattonRelated: Patton took command of the Western Task Force, which landed in Morocco.

• Omar BradleyRelated: Bradley gained combat command experience in North Africa before leading forces in Europe.

• Battle of GazalaRelated: The landings added pressure on Axis forces after their advance from Gazala had reached Egypt.

• Mark W. ClarkRelated: Clark helped negotiate with Vichy French officials before the invasion.

• Allied invasion of SicilyRelated: Its success made Sicily the next major target in the Mediterranean.

• First Battle of El AlameinRelated: The Axis position in North Africa came under pressure from both east and west.

• Western Desert campaignRelated: Its landings in Morocco and Algeria trapped Axis forces between Allied advances from east and west.

• Afrika KorpsRelated: It trapped the Afrika Korps between Allied armies advancing from east and west.

• Alan BrookeRelated: Brooke supported the North African operation as an alternative to an early cross-Channel invasion.

• Tunisian campaignRelated: Its landings in Algeria and Morocco began the Allied drive toward Tunisia.

• Battle of Alam el HalfaRelated: The battle preceded a western Allied landing that would pressure Axis forces from another direction.

• Operation SonnenblumeRelated: The landings placed Axis forces in North Africa between Allied armies advancing from east and west.

• Dieppe RaidRelated: Its planners weighed the danger of assaulting defended ports after the Dieppe experience.