Operation Torch

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Across
  1. 3. German withdrawal eastward after allied advance
  2. 8. Overall allied commander for operation Torch
  3. 9. Objective of the subsequent drive into Tunisia
  4. 10. British deception plan masking allied intentions
  5. 14. Major Moroccan port captured by us troops
  6. 16. Commander of the US western task force
  7. 18. Naval units resisting or negotiating with allies
  8. 20. Key Tunisian town on the route to tunis
Down
  1. 1. Early US-German clash following the torch landings
  2. 2. Western landing site facing French resistance
  3. 4. Central landing zone seized by allied forces
  4. 5. French general brought in to support the allies
  5. 6. Codename for the 1942 allied landings in North Africa
  6. 7. Strategic sea where the landings occurred
  7. 11. French regime controlling north african territories
  8. 12. US naval group supporting the landings
  9. 13. French admiral whose deal eased allied takeover
  10. 15. Airfield captured to support allied air operations
  11. 17. Site of heavy fighting around a coastal airfield
  12. 19. Beachhead for US landings near Casablanca