Operation Flagpole (World War II)

Operation Flagpole was part of the run-up to Operation Torch, the planned Allied invasion of North Africa during World War II. It involved arranging for and carrying out a top-secret high-level meeting between U.S. General Mark W. Clark, representing the Allies, and Général Charles E. Mast, the leader of a group of pro-Allied Vichy France officers in French North Africa, to secure their cooperation with the invasion. == Planning == On October 16, 1942, a meeting was held in Operation Torch's staff headquarters at Norfolk House in London.

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