All,
It probably has been trashed out before. However:
Cold Torch at that stage actually have failed?
The US were not so happy sailing into what they looked at as a cul-de-sac.
Clark could have got himself killed (maybe not a big loss, but OK).
More French muddle
Patton's landing could have gone really bad
..That said, was time so much against Germany that Torch could not have been prevented or have failed due to non-German factors?
Rommel might have had a chance of containing Monty if he had been on the spot. Maybe.
For this WI, what could have been the outcome? November 1942 was pretty late in the war anyway.
Ivan