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Operation Torch
8 Nov 1942 – 16 Nov 1942 · Algeria and Morocco
Anglo-American forces landed on 8 November 1942 at Casablanca, Oran and Algiers in French North Africa. Vichy French resistance ended within days after a ceasefire arranged with Admiral Darlan, and the Allies pushed east into Tunisia, where German and Italian troops were being rushed in. In response Germany occupied Vichy France on 11 November.
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