The USSR government demands a "second front" as their country struggles against the Germans. The wish is granted as Roosevelt and Churchill in Washington agree on the first invasion of North Africa against General Rommel's forces via Operation Torch, while the Allies also neutralize many of the Axis' Mediterranean supply bases. The Allies land troops in Casablanca and then Algiers to pinch Rommel on both sides. With General Montgomery and the British forces on one and Patton and the American army on the other, the Germans are forced to surrender over 200,000 troops to the Allies with ultimate defeat in Africa.