Operation Reservist

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Operation Reservist
Part of Operation Torch of the Second World War
Oran Operation Reservist (Algeria)
Date 8 November 1942 Location Oran, Algeria Result Vichy French victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom  United States	Vichy France
Commanders and leaders
Frederick Peters  George F. Marshall[1] †	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 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.^[2]