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What were the casualties of Operation Torch?

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Map showing the British and Axis military campaigns in North Africa during World War II, with labeled troop movements, key battles, and shifting front lines from Egypt across Libya to Tunisia along the Mediterranean coast. The map includes arrows and dates marking advances and retreats by both sides, and highlights major turning points and defensive lines. — North Africa campaigns Military drives, defensive lines, and key battles during the North Africa campaigns of World War II, 1940–43.

During Operation Torch, the Allied amphibious landings in North Africa, casualties were relatively light given the scale of the operation.1

The recorded casualties were as follows:

United States: 526 killed and 837 wounded.1
British: 574 killed in action.1
French: Approximately 1,300 killed, with about 460 of these losses occurring during naval engagements offshore.1

These landings, which began on November 8, 1942, were instrumental in shifting the momentum of the North Africa campaigns and eventually securing the region as a base for further Allied operations against the Axis powers.21