{"id":49554,"date":"2019-11-05T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/?p=49554"},"modified":"2020-12-25T18:42:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T17:42:40","slug":"operation-torch-8-novembre-1942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/operation-torch-8-novembre-1942\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation TORCH- 8th November 1942"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>8th November 1942: Operation Torch: U.S. forces land in North Africa.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FT6yOEUCik0\" width=\"939\" height=\"704\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h3>\n<h2>Operation TORCH&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The landing at Algiers was aided by an attempted coup within the city by pro-Allied forces. Therefore, the Vichy government in Algiers was more concerned with putting down this coup than with countering the Allies landing on the beaches. By 18.00, the city had surrendered to the Allies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The landings at all three beaches were highly successful. French resistance had been minimal as were Allied casualties. After consolidating their forces, the Allies moved out into Tunisia. After\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/field_marshall_bernard_montgomer.htm\">Montgomery\u2019s<\/a>success at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/battle_of_el_alamein.htm\">El Alamein<\/a>, the Afrika Korps was in retreat. However, the further it moved west from El Alamein, the nearer it got to the recently landed Allied troops.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though damaged, the Afrika Korps was still a potent fighting force as the Allies found out at Faid Pass and at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/kasserine_pass.htm\">Kasserine Pass<\/a>. However, the might of two advancing Allied armies meant that it was trapped and on May 7th,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/1943.htm\">1943<\/a>, the Afrika Korps surrendered. Whether the surrender would have come about so quickly without the success of Operation Torch is open to question.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49573 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/carte-torch-660x319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/carte-torch-660x319.jpg 660w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/carte-torch-768x371.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/carte-torch-840x406.jpg 840w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/carte-torch-1320x638.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/carte-torch-262x127.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/carte-torch-555x268.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/carte-torch.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u>Stalin\u2019s<\/u>\u00a0<u>Russia<\/u>\u00a0had been pressing the Allies to start a new front against the Germans in the western sector of the war in Europe. In 1942, the British did not feel strong enough to attack Germany via France but the victory at\u00a0<u>El Alamein<\/u>\u00a0in November\u00a0<u>1942<\/u>\u00a0was a great stimulus to the Allies to attack the Axis forces in\u00a0<u>North Africa<\/u>. Though American military commanders were confident about a successful landing in France, the British got their way when\u00a0<u>Roosevelt<\/u>\u00a0supported\u00a0<u>Churchill\u2019s<\/u>\u00a0request that the Allies prepare for the French North African option.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From North Africa, the plan was to invade Sicily and then on to mainland Italy and move up the so-called \u201csoft underbelly\u201d of Europe. Victory in the region would also do a great deal to clear the\u00a0Mediterranean Sea of Axis shipping and leave it more free for the Allies to use.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Allies planned to invade Morocco and Algeria. Both these countries were under the nominal rule of Vichy France. As the Vichy government in France was seen by the Allies to be in collaboration with Nazi Germany, both North African states were considered to be legitimate targets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49576\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/op\u00e9ration-torch-565x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/op\u00e9ration-torch-565x365.jpg 565w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/op\u00e9ration-torch-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/op\u00e9ration-torch-840x542.jpg 840w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/op\u00e9ration-torch-262x169.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/op\u00e9ration-torch-555x358.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/op\u00e9ration-torch.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were about 60,000 French troops in Morocco with a small naval fleet based at Casablanca. Rather than fight the French, plans were made to gain the cooperation of the French army.\u00a0General Eisenhower was given command of Operation Torch and in the planning phase he set up his headquarters in Gibraltar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An American consul based in Algiers \u2013 Robert Daniel Murphy \u2013 was tasked with sounding out how cooperative the French army would be. On October 21st\u00a01942, a senior American general, Mark Clark, was sent by submarine to Cherchell to meet with senior French army officers based in French North Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The key to Torch was a successful amphibious landing. Three landing sites were chosen \u2013 Casablanca, Oran and Algiers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Western Task Force was to land near Casablanca at Safi, Rabat and Mehdia and\u00a0Major-General George Patton\u00a0commanded it. 35,000 troops were in this task force.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Central Task Force was to land at Oran. It was commanded by Major-General Lloyd Fredendall. 18,500 troops were in this task force.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49577 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/operation-torch-large-56a61bf55f9b58b7d0dff572-543x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/operation-torch-large-56a61bf55f9b58b7d0dff572-543x365.jpg 543w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/operation-torch-large-56a61bf55f9b58b7d0dff572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/operation-torch-large-56a61bf55f9b58b7d0dff572-262x176.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/operation-torch-large-56a61bf55f9b58b7d0dff572-555x373.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Eastern Task Force was to land at Algiers and General Ryder commanded it. 20,000 troops were in this task force.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The landings started before daybreak on November 8th. There was no preliminary air or naval bombardment as the Allies hoped that the French based at the three landing zones would not resist the landings. French coastal batteries did fire at transport ships, but Allied naval gunfire retaliated. However, French sniper fire proved more difficult to resolve. Carrier-based planes were needed at the landing beaches to deal with the unexpected and unwanted French resistance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49578\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49578\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Surcouf-beach-368x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Surcouf-beach-368x365.jpg 368w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Surcouf-beach-768x762.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Surcouf-beach-262x260.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Surcouf-beach-555x551.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Surcouf-beach-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Surcouf-beach.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American troops land on the beaches at Surcouf, twenty miles east of Algiers. Operation Torch signalled the American entry into the Mediterranean War.<br \/>NA 30<br \/>Part of<br \/>WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION<br \/>Bowman (Sgt)<br \/>No 2 Army Film &amp; Photographic Unit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The resistance put up by the French was more an inconvenience as opposed to a major military problem. The key target for Patton was the capture of Casablanca. This he achieved on November 10th when he took the city unopposed, just two days after landing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One problem faced at Oran was the fact that the beach had not been suitably investigated by those who wished to land 18,500 men on it and a sizeable amount of equipment. The landing crafts found that the water was unusually shallow, and damage was caused to some of the landing craft. Such mistakes were learned from and taken into account for the landings at\u00a0D-Day\u00a0in June\u00a01944.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At Oran some ships from the French Navy attempted to attack the Allied invasion fleet but were sunk or driven ashore. French troops at Oran finally surrendered on November 9th after their positions were attacked by gunfire from a British battleship.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49593 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Fedala-Morocco.-Jeep-rolling-off-a-landing-boat-at-Fedala-harbor-during-the-landing-operations-of-the-U.S.-task-forces-there-348x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"348\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Fedala-Morocco.-Jeep-rolling-off-a-landing-boat-at-Fedala-harbor-during-the-landing-operations-of-the-U.S.-task-forces-there-348x365.jpg 348w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Fedala-Morocco.-Jeep-rolling-off-a-landing-boat-at-Fedala-harbor-during-the-landing-operations-of-the-U.S.-task-forces-there-768x806.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Fedala-Morocco.-Jeep-rolling-off-a-landing-boat-at-Fedala-harbor-during-the-landing-operations-of-the-U.S.-task-forces-there-800x840.jpg 800w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Fedala-Morocco.-Jeep-rolling-off-a-landing-boat-at-Fedala-harbor-during-the-landing-operations-of-the-U.S.-task-forces-there-1320x1386.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Fedala-Morocco.-Jeep-rolling-off-a-landing-boat-at-Fedala-harbor-during-the-landing-operations-of-the-U.S.-task-forces-there-262x275.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Fedala-Morocco.-Jeep-rolling-off-a-landing-boat-at-Fedala-harbor-during-the-landing-operations-of-the-U.S.-task-forces-there-555x583.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Fedala-Morocco.-Jeep-rolling-off-a-landing-boat-at-Fedala-harbor-during-the-landing-operations-of-the-U.S.-task-forces-there.jpg 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49592 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/boarding-landing-craft-595x538-404x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/boarding-landing-craft-595x538-404x365.jpg 404w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/boarding-landing-craft-595x538-262x237.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/boarding-landing-craft-595x538-555x502.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/boarding-landing-craft-595x538.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Operation Torch also saw the first large scale American airborne drop when the US 509th Parachute Regiment captured two airfields near Oran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The landing at Algiers was aided by an attempted coup within the city by pro-Allied forces. Therefore, the Vichy government in Algiers was more concerned with putting down this coup than with countering the Allies landing on the beaches. By 18.00, the city had surrendered to the Allies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49600 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SOLDATS-A.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"291\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49619 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LC-Lot-11582-18-508x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LC-Lot-11582-18-508x365.jpg 508w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LC-Lot-11582-18-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LC-Lot-11582-18-840x604.jpg 840w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LC-Lot-11582-18-262x188.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LC-Lot-11582-18-555x399.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LC-Lot-11582-18.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49618 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/6e82dbfea54bd75612d9165c4d66d16e20171107011627_thumb_565-457x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/6e82dbfea54bd75612d9165c4d66d16e20171107011627_thumb_565-457x365.jpg 457w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/6e82dbfea54bd75612d9165c4d66d16e20171107011627_thumb_565-262x209.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/6e82dbfea54bd75612d9165c4d66d16e20171107011627_thumb_565-555x443.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/6e82dbfea54bd75612d9165c4d66d16e20171107011627_thumb_565.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The landings at all three beaches were highly successful. French resistance had been minimal as were Allied casualties.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49599 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/922161_348999361890213_2109400766_o-545x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/922161_348999361890213_2109400766_o-545x365.jpg 545w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/922161_348999361890213_2109400766_o-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/922161_348999361890213_2109400766_o-840x562.jpg 840w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/922161_348999361890213_2109400766_o-262x175.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/922161_348999361890213_2109400766_o-555x371.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/922161_348999361890213_2109400766_o.jpg 1258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49598 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/459420_348991331891016_617990975_o-551x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/459420_348991331891016_617990975_o-551x365.jpg 551w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/459420_348991331891016_617990975_o-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/459420_348991331891016_617990975_o-840x556.jpg 840w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/459420_348991331891016_617990975_o-262x173.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/459420_348991331891016_617990975_o-555x367.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/459420_348991331891016_617990975_o.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49620 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Operation-Torch-Main1-632x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Operation-Torch-Main1-632x365.jpg 632w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Operation-Torch-Main1-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Operation-Torch-Main1-840x485.jpg 840w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Operation-Torch-Main1-1320x762.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Operation-Torch-Main1-262x151.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Operation-Torch-Main1-555x321.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Operation-Torch-Main1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0After consolidating their forces, the Allies moved out into Tunisia. After Montgomery success at El Alamein, the Afrika Korps was in retreat. However, the further it moved west from El Alamein, the nearer it got to the recently landed Allied troops.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though damaged, the Afrika Korps was still a potent fighting force as the Allies found out at Faid Pass and at the\u00a0Kasserine Pass. However, the might of two advancing Allied armies meant that it was trapped and on May 7th,\u00a01943, the Afrika Korps surrendered. Whether the surrender would have come about so quickly without the success of Operation Torch is open to question.<\/p>\n<p><em>The message to the Marocco people from Casablanca of the USA President, written in French and Arab language:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49622\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Operation_Torch_-_message_from_the_president_of_United_States_to_the_citizens_of_Casablanca-462x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Operation_Torch_-_message_from_the_president_of_United_States_to_the_citizens_of_Casablanca-462x365.jpg 462w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Operation_Torch_-_message_from_the_president_of_United_States_to_the_citizens_of_Casablanca-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Operation_Torch_-_message_from_the_president_of_United_States_to_the_citizens_of_Casablanca-262x207.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Operation_Torch_-_message_from_the_president_of_United_States_to_the_citizens_of_Casablanca-555x438.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Operation_Torch_-_message_from_the_president_of_United_States_to_the_citizens_of_Casablanca.jpg 814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Fran\u00e7ais.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[154],"class_list":["post-49554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-torch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49554"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63705,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49554\/revisions\/63705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}