Operation Terminal

Operation Terminal
	Part of Operation Torch of World War II
Date	8 November 1942
Location	Algiers, Algeria
Result	Vichy French victory
Belligerents
United States; United Kingdom	Vichy France
Commanders and leaders
Col. E Swenson; Henry S.J. Fancourt	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; 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]

^ 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
^ Roskill p325

[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

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