Operation Terminal
| Operation Terminal | |||||||
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| Part of Operation Torch of World War II | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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United States United Kingdom | Vichy France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Col. E Swenson Henry S.J. Fancourt | Jacques H. Moreau | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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2 destroyers 622 troops |
5th company of 13ème Régiment de Tirailleurs Sénégalais Coastal defense units Armored cars from 5th Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1 destroyer sunk 22 killed, 55 wounded All landed infantry captured | Unknown | ||||||
Operation Terminal was an Allied operation during World War II. Part of Operation Torch (the Allied invasion of French North Africa, 8 November 1942) it involved a direct landing of infantry into the Vichy French port of Algiers with the intention of capturing the port facilities before they could be destroyed.