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The '''{{ROOTPAGENAME}}''' also known under the title of '''Large Scale Counter Landing! Operation Torch!''', has been launched on 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 Operation areas are 3 '''"What if"''' missions about Operation Torch, with a fleet coming from the Indian Ocean up to the Suez canal.
*The Extra Operation areas will be '''Operation Torch''' itself, scheduled for mid-September as "Early Fall" operations.

Some additional known details are:
*6 new ships will be introduced, including:
**A "brand new type of ship" have been teased (one not currently implemented in the game),
**A battleship, a carrier, and a destroyer.
**1 CVL, 1 DD, and 1 DE are available in the MO.
**At least 1 carrier and 1 battleship will be introduced in the EO.

For additional information regarding event-related subjects and content, please refer to [[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/Info#Mechanics|Mechanics]].

=Historical Background=
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==Related Historical Campaigns==
===Operation Torch===
[[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. 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.

*[[Richelieu]], [[Nelson]], [[Victorious]], and [[Sheffield]] are the only ships currently in the game that took part in "Operation Torch".

==Foreign Navies==
{{Category:French Navy Vessels}}
{{Category:Kriegsmarine Vessels}}
{{Category:Regia Marina Vessels}}
{{Category:Royal Navy Vessels}}
{{Category:Royal Netherlands Navy Vessels}}
{{Category:Soviet Navy Vessels}}
{{Category:Swedish Navy Vessels}}
{{Category:United States Navy Vessels}}

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=Information=
===Quick Info Table===
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!Map
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!width="400px"|Notes
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!rowspan=5| Main Operation
! [[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/E-1|E-1]]
| '''Expedition Fleet, to the West!
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| colspan=2| [[File:{{ROOTPAGENAME}} Tag 1.png]]<br>'''Frontline Sweeping Force
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! rowspan=2| [[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/E-2|E-2]]
| rowspan=2| '''Through the Aden Gulf
| rowspan=2| '''Single<br>Combined
| rowspan=2| '''0/1
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| style="border:none"| [[File:{{ROOTPAGENAME}} Tag 2.png]]
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| style="text-align:left" rowspan=2|[[File:{{ROOTPAGENAME}} Tag 3.png|30px]] tag is optional, but still recommended.
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| style="border-right:none; border-left:none; border-top:none"| '''Expeditionary<br>Reconnaissance Unit
| style="border-right:none; border-left:none; border-top:none"| '''Expeditionary<br>Fleet Advance Team
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! rowspan=2| [[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/E-3|E-3]]
| rowspan=2| '''The Winds of Alexandria
| rowspan=2| '''Single<br>Combined
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! rowspan=2| [[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/E-4|E-4]]
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| rowspan=2| '''Yes
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| style="text-align:left" rowspan=2|'''{{color|red|Ship locks may affect routing on ALL difficulty}}
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*'''Lock limited to Hard Only'''
* Once E-5 is cleared, {{TextGlow|'''tag restrictions stop getting enforced on every map!'''|black|text-colour=Lime|glow-size=2px}}
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===Fleet Locking Table===
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!width="100px"|[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/E-3|E-3]]
!width="100px"|[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/E-4|E-4]]
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===New Mechanics===
[[File:Highlight gimmicks.png|thumb|Nodes E & C2 are here highlighted]]

*Nodes required to be visited/defeated in gimmicks are now '''highlighted'''.

*Some Event map rewards can now be chosen among a set of 2.

A brand "new type" of warship.

===New Ships===

{|class="wikitable"
|{{ShipBattleCardKai|Ukuru}}
|[[DE]]
|[[Ukuru]]
|E-1 & E-3 Drop
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|{{ShipBattleCardKai|Natsugumo}}
|[[DD]]
|[[Natsugumo]]
|E-2 & E-3 Drop
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|{{ShipBattleCardKai|Langley}}
|[[CVL]]
|[[Langley]]
|E-3 Reward
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|[[CL]]
|[[Brooklyn]]
|E-4 Drop
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|[[FBB]]
|[[Massachusetts]]
|E-5 & E-6 Drop
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|[[CV]]
|[[Ranger]]
|E-5 Reward
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|?
|[[FBB]]
|[[Jean Bart]]
|E-6 Reward
|}

===Returning Ships===
Please refer to drop databases for the most updated lists of event drops, such as TsunDB or Poi-Statistics (or via Discord).

{|class="wikitable"
!colspan=12|Notable returning ships
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!{{ShipBattleCardKai|Perth}}
|[[CL]]||[[Perth]]||E-1
|{{ShipBattleCardKai|Helena}}
|[[CL]]||[[Helena]]||E-1
!{{ShipBattleCardKai|Aquila}}
|[[CV]]||[[Aquila]]||E-1
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!{{ShipBattleCardKai|I-47}}
|[[SS]]||[[I-47]]||E-2
!{{ShipBattleCardKai|U-511}}
|[[SS]]||[[U-511]]||E-3
!{{ShipBattleCardKai|Graf Zeppelin}}
|[[CV]]||[[Graf Zeppelin]]||E-3
|-
!{{ShipBattleCardKai|Littorio}}
|[[FBB]]||[[Littorio]]||E-3
!{{ShipBattleCardKai|Roma}}
|[[FBB]]||[[Roma]]||E-3
!{{ShipBattleCardKai|Richelieu}}
|[[FBB]]||[[Richelieu]]||E-3
|}

===New Equipment===
{|class="wikitable"
|{{EquipmentCardKai|Skilled Deck Personnel|size=60px}}
|[[Skilled Deck Personnel]]
|rowspan=2|{{Aviation Personnel}} [[:Category:Aviation Personnel|Aviation Personnels]]
|E1 Easy+ Reward ; E2 Casual+ Reward ; E3 Easy+ Choice Reward
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|{{EquipmentCardKai|Skilled Deck Personnel + Aviation Maintenance Hands|size=60px}}
|[[Skilled Deck Personnel + Aviation Maintenance Hands]]
|E2 Hard Reward
|-
|{{EquipmentCardKai|F4U-2 Night Corsair|size=60px}}
|[[F4U-2 Night Corsair]]
|{{Night Fighter Aircraft}} [[:Category:Night Fighters|Night Fighter]]
|E-2 Medium+ Reward
|-
|{{EquipmentCardKai|F4U-4|size=60px}}
|[[F4U-4]]
|[[File:RedPlane.png]] [[:Category:Fighter-Bombers|Fighter-Bomber]]
|E3 Medium+ Reward
|}

===New Enemy Vessels===
*[[Fast Light Carrier Water Demon]] (E3 boss)

===New Enemy Equipment===

==[[Friendly Fleet]]==
===Fleet Formations===
Friendly Fleets (FF) come with a function that allows players to choose if they want to use a FF to aid them in battle or not. It is possible to choose between using "normal only" or "normal and powerful" FF. Powerful FF have an additional cost of '''6 Instant Constructions''' {{IC}} for each time they are deployed in a battle (the blowtorches won't be consumed unless a powerful FF appears).
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==Voice Lines==
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==Mechanics==
{{Template:Event Mechanics}}

==See Also==
===Event Drops===
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