 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Chimwe chinhu chakanga chichinetsa Eisenhower nevarongi vake chaiva kuti vatungamiriri vezvematongerwe enyika nevechiuto vokuFrance vaizoita sei kana mauto eAllies akapinda muNorth Africa. Kuramba kwakasimba kwechiFrench kwaigona kukonzera kurasikirwa kukuru nokuda kwesimba rokumhara. Chimwe chinhu chakanga chichiratidza mafungiro evaFrench chakanga chiri chigumbu chavo chakadzika kuBritain nokuda kweKurwisa Mers-el-Kébirumo Royal Navy yakapfura ngarava dzeFrance dzakanga dzakanamira muna June 1940. Imwe nhau yakanga iri kushanda nevakuru vakuru vakabatanidzwa nehurumende yeVichy iyo yaigona kukonzera zvinetso zvakakomba zvematongerwe enyika nezvokuchengeteka. Mumiriri Robert D. Murphy, mumiriri mukuru weU.S. muAlgiers, akatungamira kuedza kuunganidza pre-kupinda kwehungwaru uye kurima hukama hwehukama muFrench North Africa, uye Wright aizozviwana achibatanidzwa zvakanyanya mumabasa ake pre-kupinda. 