Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tīmatanga ko te I Armored Corps i raro i te whakahau a Lieutenant General George S. Patton, i tae atu ki Morocco i te wā o Operation Torch
Ko te Western Task Force, te mana tuatahi o Amerika katoa ki te uru atu ki te pakanga o Ūropi. Whai muri i te hingatanga angitu o te Wehrmacht i raro i te Field Marshal Erwin Rommel i Awherika ki te Raki, i whakauruhia te I Armored Corps ki te Seventh Army i te 10 o Hurae 1943 i a ia i te moana i te huarahi ki te whakaekenga a Allied o Sicily hei upoko o te Operation Husky.