Editing Operation Torch (section)

=== Vichy French forces ===
The Vichy French had around 125,000 soldiers in the territories as well as coastal artillery, 210 operational but out-of-date tanks and about 500 aircraft,{{sfn|Watson|2007|p=50}} of which 173 were modern [[Dewoitine D.520]] fighters.{{Sfn|Sutherland|2011|p=149}} These forces included 60,000 troops in Morocco, 15,000 in Tunisia, and 50,000 in Algeria.{{Sfn|Stamford|}} The bulk of the Vichy French Navy was stationed outside North Africa: three battleships and seven cruisers at [[Toulon]] and one battleship and three cruisers at Dakar. In North Africa, at Casablanca the incomplete battleship {{Ship|French battleship|Jean Bart|1940|2}} was used as a coastal battery and there was one cruiser, seven destroyers and eight submarines. At Oran there was a force of four destroyers and nine submarines.{{Sfn|Rohwer|2005|p=210}}{{Sfn|Pack|1978|pp=57}}[[File:OPERATION-TORCH-OVERVIEW.png|650px|A map showing landings during Operation Torch.|right]]