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| {{:{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/Hub}} | | {{:{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/Hub}} |
| The '''{{ROOTPAGENAME}}''' also known under the title of '''A Large Counteroffensive Landing! Operation Torch!''', is set to be launched in the '''26th of August 2022'''. It is planned to be a '''"Large European Event"''', with both main and extra operations of large sizes. | | The '''{{ROOTPAGENAME}}''' also known under the title of '''A Large Counteroffensive Landing! Operation Torch!''', is set to be launched in the '''26th of August 2022'''. It is planned to be a '''"Large European Event"''', with both main and extra operations of large sizes. |
− | *The Main Operations areas will be a "What if" mission about Oeration Torch, that took place in North Africa in 19??. | + | *The Main Operation areas will be a '''"What if"''' mission about Oeration Torch, that took place in North Africa in November 1942. |
− | *The Extra Operations areas will be the main '''Operation Torch''', scheduled for late September as "Early Fall" operations, probably focusing on the [[wikipedia:Attack on Mers-el-Kébir|attack on Mers-el-Kébir]] on 3 July 1940, part of "Operation Catapult", the British plan to neutralize or destroy neutral French ships. | + | *The Extra Operation areas will be the main '''Operation Torch''', scheduled for late September as "Early Fall" operations. |
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| ===Operation Torch=== | | ===Operation Torch=== |
| [[wikipedia:Operation Torch|''Copied from Wikipedia'']] | | [[wikipedia:Operation Torch|''Copied from Wikipedia'']] |
− | Operation Torch (8 November 1942 – 16 November 1942) was an Allied invasion of French North Africa. Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa while allowing American armed forces the opportunity to engage in the fight against Nazi Germany on a limited scale.[6][page needed] It was the first mass involvement of US troops in the European–North African Theatre, and saw the first major airborne assault carried out by the United States. | + | Operation Torch (8 November 1942 – 16 November 1942) was an Allied invasion of French North Africa. Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa while allowing American armed forces the opportunity to engage in the fight against Nazi Germany on a limited scale. It was the first mass involvement of US troops in the European–North African Theatre, and saw the first major airborne assault carried out by the United States. |
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| *[[Nelson]], [[Victorious]], and [[Sheffield]] are the only ships currently in the game that took part in "Operation Torch". | | *[[Nelson]], [[Victorious]], and [[Sheffield]] are the only ships currently in the game that took part in "Operation Torch". |