operation torch

In WW2, Operation Torch was in the Autumn on 1942 when the Allies landed on occupied French colonies in North Africa and advancing rapidly until they met the Tunisian and Libyan holdouts of the Axis, it took them a couple of weeks to overrun the German and Italian defenses and the remaining troops failed to evacuate, leading to the surrender of the African campaign

Operation Torch along with Operation Uranus was the turning point of WW2