1942 Allied military operation during the Second World War
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Operation Reservist
Part of Operation Torch of the Second World War
Oran
Operation Reservist (Algeria)
Date
8 November 1942
Location
Oran, Algeria
Result
Vichy French victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom United States
Vichy France
Commanders and leaders
Frederick Peters George F. Marshall[1]†
André Rioult
Strength
393 landing troops 2 sloops
4,000 soldiers 31 warships
Casualties and losses
United States: 194 killed 164 wounded United Kingdom: 113 killed 86 wounded 2 sloops destroyed
165 killed
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North African campaign
Western Desert campaign
Invasion of Egypt
Compass
Fort Capuzzo
Nibeiwa
Sidi Barrani
Bardia
Mechili
Beda Fomm
Kufra
Giarabub
Sonnenblume
Tobruk
Raid on Bardia
Twin Pimples
Brevity
Skorpion
Battleaxe
Crusader
Flipper
1st Bir el Gubi
Battle of Point 175
2nd Bir el Gubi
Fort Lamy
Gazala
Bir Hakeim
Mersa Matruh
1st Alamein
Alam Halfa
Agreement
Bigamy
Caravan
Nicety
Camouflage
Bertram
Braganza
2nd Alamein
Outpost Snipe
El Agheila
Torch
Kingpin
Flagpole
Blackstone
Casablanca
Reservist
Terminal
Port Lyautey
Brushwood
Tunisia
Run for Tunis
Sidi Bou Zid
Kasserine Pass
Ochsenkopf
Medenine
Mareth Line
El Guettar
Wadi Akarit
Longstop Hill
Hill 609
Vulcan
Flax
Retribution
Strike
Operation Reservist was an Allied military operation during the Second World War. Part of Operation Torch (the Allied invasion of North Africa), it was an attempted landing of troops directly into the harbour at Oran in Algeria.[2]
^Atkinson, p.74
^Roskill p.327
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