Operation Terminal ran alongside Operation Reservist as another attempt to seize North African port facilities before defenders could destroy them. Two destroyers carried the assault force under Henry St John Fancourt. He was forty-three and had already served at Jutland, linking the 1942 raid to a commander with First World War battle experience. Reservist was part of a wider group of high-risk harbor operations during Operation Torch.
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Operation Terminal's parallel harbor assault
A parallel Operation Torch plan sent destroyers under Henry St John Fancourt on another direct harbor assault.