U.S. Involvement in Africa
The campaign in North Africa started in 1940, and ended in 1943. The U.S., however, was not a part of this campaign until May of 1942. The North Africa campaign was a series of operations between the Allies and the Axis powers to get control of Northern Africa. The country with the most involvement for each side was Great Britain of the Allies, and Italy of the Axis.
Operation Torch Started November 8, 1942 and lasted for 3 days. The allies were attempting to take control of Vichy-France held Oran and Morocco. They also won easily in the sea battle of Casablanca.
The Tunisian Campaign was more or less a continuation of Operation Torch. This was the turning point of all the operations going on in North Africa. After the U.S./U.K. duo captured Oran and Morocco, they decided to advance and attack Tunisia. The Allies were outnumbered and pushed back to within 30 miles of Tunisia, where they had a dormant winter. After the winter, both sides had built up troops and were ready to continue the fighting. The Allies easily had enough troops this time and captured Tunisia, which lead to the capture of every Italian colony in North Africa.
I think that we played a role in the war, but not in the fighting aspect. I think that since we joined, the British had a huge morale boost and that ultimately lead to the victories. It also played a pretty important role for the military commander, Dwight Eisenhower. He was the big cheese for the U.S.. I think that the deciphering the code known as "Ultra".
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Good but a bit brief overall. Be sure to include your sources.