1942165438+1On October 8th, British and American troops landed in Morocco and Algeria during the Torch Operation. The local Vichy French army had little resistance. In the end, German and Italian troops were attacked by Algerian and Libyan troops. Allied forces attacked from both east and west at the same time, and in May 1943, the German and Italian troops were completely driven out of Africa. On the battlefield in North Africa, 250,000 Axis soldiers were captured.