Episode 554-Operation Torch: At Last We Are On Our Way

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Posted On July 28, 2025

Operation Torch, though a rushed affair, carried the hopes of Washington and London and all of Europe. After much wrangling, the details come together and the date is set, November 8, 1942.

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