#280 - Operation Torch - TWiE War on the Southern Front

North Africa, November, 1942: For the powerful Wehrmacht, 1942 was a good year. On the Eastern Front they had reached the Volga and the battle for Stalingrad had begun. In the North Atlantic, the wolf packs roamed, sinking more ships at an alarming rate. But in the desert while the Suez Canal had been threatened, Rommel had been in retreat for a week or more. Now, although things were looking better for the Allies, they could not be said to be winning yet. It was not the Beginning of the End, rather it was perhaps the End of the Beginning. American ground forces were about to enter the war in Europe, coming ashore in Vichy held territory at various strategic places. They were not sure what, if any, opposition they would face. But as author Rick Atkinson said, "They were ready to right a world gone wrong". Designer Note: This is a very small scenario depicting the invasion phase, as the American army sought to secure Casablanca, Oran and Algiers. As the Allies did not know what they would face, which units would fight and which units would surrender, it makes use of Strategy | Operations which under AI Axis control will give this scenario variations in play each time.