Operation Reservist

Operation Reservist
Part of Operation Torch of the Second World War
Oran
Operation Reservist (Algeria)
Date8 November 1942
Location
Oran, Algeria
Result Vichy French victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom
United States		 Vichy France
Commanders and leaders
Frederick Peters 
George F. Marshall †		 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

Operation Reservist, also known as the Suicide Charge at Oran, 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.

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