US invasion & occupation of Martinique 1941

WI the USN & USMC, with British support, did indeed invade & occupy Martinique in 1941 ? How would relations with Vichy France, the Free French & Nazi Germany have been affected ? Could such a US move have been just what the Mers-el-Kebir affair was to the British ? How then would Op TORCH (if not butterflied away) have been affected ?
 

MacCaulay

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I don't think Torch would be affected. The lift capacity required wouldn't be that much. I think the only reason there'd be attempt to take the island though, was if there was some diplomatic chicanery involved that meant the Americans (or British) thought they could just either land on the beach or drop out of the sky and accept a surrender.
 
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