Maur
Banned
The Torch is impossible without British. It had something like four US divisions participating (1st, 9th, 34th and 1st Arm, IIRC), commanded by Fredendall no less. I fully expect them to surrender to Germans en masse after sort of Kasserinesque operation, if it comes to it
Torch was vital for giving the US first hand experience fighting the Germans and developing operations and tactics that proved useful in Sicily, Italy, and most importantly, on D-Day.
Also, British are giving absolute top priority to India (outside of home islands, duh), so the whole Africa looks different)