Question 5

Question 5

Aug. 1942

Armed Forces may have to rapidly deploy great distances by air and sea to conduct forcible entries in austere environments. Initial entry forces may be heavily outnumbered and operate far from secure bases. That type of situation is much closer to Torch than it is to the military planning of the Cold War. It should be considered that these aspects of Torch: The forces that have to be sent to North Africa will have to make long distance deployments; the Western Task Force which can be a target of assault Morocco is deployed directly from Norfolk, Referring ...