Editing Operation Torch (section)

====Tunisia====
{{Main|Tunisia Campaign|Run for Tunis}}After the German and Italian occupation of Vichy France, the French {{lang|fr|[[Army of Africa (France)|Armée d'Afrique]]}} sided with the Allies, providing a third corps ([[XIX Army Corps (France)|XIX Corps]]) for the  [[First Army (United Kingdom)|First Army]] under the command of Anderson.{{Sfn|Gelb|1992|p=298}} On 9 November, Axis forces started to build up in French Tunisia, unopposed by the local French forces.{{sfn|Watson|2007|p=60}} After consolidating in Algeria, the Allies began the [[Tunisia Campaign]]. Elements of the First Army came to within {{cvt|40|mi|km|0}} of [[Tunis]] before a [[counterattack]] at [[Djedeida]] thrust them back.{{Sfn|MacCloskey|1971|pp=141-142}} Meanwhile, after their victory at El-Alamein, the [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|Eighth Army]] under Lieutenant-General [[Bernard Montgomery]] was pushing German and Italian troops under {{lang|de|[[Generalfeldmarschall]]}} Erwin Rommel steadily towards Tunisia from the East. In January 1943 they reached South Tunisia where Axis troops made a stand at the [[Mareth Line]].{{Sfn|Morison|1947|p=258}} In the west, the [[II Corps (United States)|US II Corps]] suffered defeats at the [[Battle of Sidi Bou Zid]] on 14–15 February and the [[Battle of Kasserine Pass]] on 19 February, but Allied reinforcements halted the Axis advance on 22 February. Fredendall was sacked and replaced by [[George Patton]].{{Sfn|Gelb|1992|p=209}} [[General (United Kingdom)|General]] Sir [[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis|Harold Alexander]] arrived in Tunisia in late February as commander of the new [[18th Army Group]], which had been created to command the Eighth Army and the Allied forces fighting in Tunisia. The Axis forces attacked eastward at the [[Battle of Medenine]] on 6 March but were easily repulsed by the Eighth Army. On 9 March, Rommel left Tunisia to be replaced by [[Jürgen von Arnim]].{{Sfn|Gelb|1992|pp=299-311}} The First and Eighth Armies [[Operations Vulcan and Strike|attacked]] again in April. On 6 May the British took Tunis and American forces reached [[Bizerte]] on 7 May. By 13 May, all Axis forces in Tunisia had surrendered.{{Sfn|Morison|1947|pp=259-260}}