Western Naval Task Force

Western Naval Task Force was the name used for several groups of warships during amphibious landings in World War II:

• A force under Rear-Admiral Hewitt that landed US Army units during the Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa in 1942^[1]
• A force under Rear-Admiral Hewitt that landed US Army units during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943^[2]
• A force under Admiral Hewitt that landed the US Fifth Army during the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943^[3]
• A force under Admiral Kirk that landed the US First Army during the invasion of Normandy in 1944^[4]
• A force under Admiral Hewitt that landed the US Army during the Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of Southern France in 1944.^[5]

The title page of the operations plan for the Western Naval Task Force that formed part of the June 1944 invasion of Normandy

See also

• United States Eighth Fleet
• Operation Torch order of battle
• Operation Husky order of battle
• Allied invasion of Italy order of battle
• Operation Dragoon order of battle