Today’s episode consists of two segments reporting on Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa. The first segment is a November 7, 1942, CBS special report on the invasion with updates from Eric Sevareid, Edward R. Murrow and George Fielding Eliot.

Our second segment is the CBS World News Today of November 8, 1942, with further reporting on the invasion, as well as updates on other theaters in the war.

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