Operation Terminal

Operation Terminal
Part of Operation Torch of World War II
Date8 November 1942
Location
Result Vichy French victory
Belligerents
 United States
 United Kingdom
Vichy France Vichy France
Commanders and leaders
United States Col. E Swenson
United Kingdom Henry S.J. Fancourt
Vichy France Jacques H. Moreau
Strength
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
1 destroyer sunk
22 killed, 55 wounded[1]
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.[2]

  1. ^ G. H. Howe, Northwest Africa: Seizing the initiative, CHM Pub, 1993 http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/006/6-1-1/CMH_Pub_6-1-1.pdf
  2. ^ Roskill p325