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This week in the War, 2–8 November 1942: Operation Torch

Posted on November 8, 2014 by secondbysecond

On the morning of 8 November 1942, an Anglo-American expeditionary force commanded by American general, Dwight D. Eisenhower, landed in the vicinities of Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers, in Vichy-French North Africa. Operation Torch, which had first been discussed by Roosevelt … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 26 Jan–1 Feb 1942: The Yanks have come!

Posted on January 30, 2014 by secondbysecond

Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbour, the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland plus the Commonwealth and Empire and eventually the Soviet Union were locked in a life-and-death struggle with Hitler and his allies. After Pearl Harbour … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 21–27 April 1941: US aid goes to (Vichy-controlled) French North Africa

Posted on April 22, 2013 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, on 26 April 1941, the Murphy-Weygand Accord came into force. American diplomat, Robert Daniel Murphy, was Roosevelt’s ‘man in Algiers’. French general, Maxime Weygand, was posted to Algiers as the Vichy government’s ‘Delegate-General’ to their … Continue reading →

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