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2nd Moroccan Infantry Division (539 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in World War II. Created in Morocco following the liberation of French North Africa, the division fought in Italy, metropolitan France and in Germany

4th Moroccan Mountain Division (656 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in World War II. Created in Morocco following the liberation of French North Africa, the division fought in Corsica, Italy, metropolitan France, and

French cruiser Primauguet (1924) (794 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

cruiser built after World War I. During the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa in 1942, she was burnt out and abandoned, having been subject to

French destroyer Mameluk (987 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

When the Germans occupied Vichy France after the Allies landed in French North Africa in November 1942 and tried to seize the French fleet intact, the

Potez-CAMS 141 (698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

production. That prototype did, however serve operationally from bases in French North Africa until scrapped in 1943. The Potez-CAMS 141 was designed by Chantiers

French destroyer Casque (1938) (928 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

When the Germans occupied Vichy France after the Allies landed in French North Africa in November 1942 and tried to seize the French fleet intact, the

USCGC Sebago (1930) (1,094 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

selected for Operation Reservist as part of the Allied invasion of French North Africa. Walney, together with Hartland were to break into Oran harbour and

French destroyer Épée (1938) (1,182 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

When the Germans occupied Vichy France after the Allies landed in French North Africa in November 1942 and tried to seize the French fleet, Épée was one

Operation Acrobat (236 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

operation to Operation Gymnast, a proposed Allied invasion of Vichy French North Africa (Morocco and Algeria), to which Churchill was trying to persuade

French destroyer Fleuret (1938) (1,121 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

When the Germans occupied Vichy France after the Allies landed in French North Africa in November 1942 and tried to seize the French fleet, the destroyer

Escapees' Cross 1940–1945 (449 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

who escaped, prior to 1 November 1940, from non occupied France or French North Africa. The Escapees' Cross 1940–1945 was a 39mm wide cross pattée with

3rd Algerian Infantry Division (1,574 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

which participated in World War II. Following the liberation of French North Africa, the division fought in Tunisia, Italy, metropolitan France and in

Saint Barthélemy cuisine (386 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Creole food, K'fe Massai in Centre'lOasis in Lorient inspired by French North Africa, Maya's in Saint Jean which serves French Creole cuisine, Zanzibarth

Marcel-Bruno Gensoul (124 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

22 June 1940. Then, the force was transferred to Mers El Kébir in French North Africa. Gensoul was subsequently involved in abortive negotiations with

HMS Antelope (H36) (1,654 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

enemy submarines and in Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa. Antelope was ordered on 6 March 1928, and was laid down at Hawthorn

USS Sangamon (CVE-26) (2,851 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

carrier. After conversion Sangamon was at the Allied invasion of French North Africa in 1943 before moving to the war in the Pacific. Post war it was

French destroyer Le Flibustier (768 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

When the Germans occupied Vichy France after the Allies landed in French North Africa in November 1942 and tried to seize the French fleet intact, the

Operation Marne Torch (1,108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is named after Operation Torch, the joint US/British invasion of French North Africa in 1942, presumably because of the two operations' similar thrust

Julius C. Holmes (407 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the forces committed to Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa, he landed with Gen. Mark W. Clark and Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer near

Fellagha (248 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

groups of armed militants affiliated with anti-colonial movements in French North Africa. It most often is used to refer to armed Algerian nationalists who

French destroyer Le Hardi (1,174 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

When the Germans occupied Vichy France after the Allies landed in French North Africa in November 1942 and tried to seize the French fleet, the destroyer

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) (5,387 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Massachusetts was sent to support Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa, in November 1942. There, she engaged in an artillery duel with the

Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle (1,229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

chief of government of Vichy France and the high commissioner of French North Africa and West Africa, on 24 December 1942. Bonnier de La Chapelle was

5th Dragoon Regiment (France) (2,528 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

1940. On November 8, 1942, following the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa, the regiment was sent to Toulon to participate in coastal defence

René Prioux (961 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

de Gaulle, the leader of the Free French, after the landings in French north Africa by U.S. and British forces in November 1942. After working as a volunteer

Battle of El Agheila (2,934 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Campaign had begun with the Operation Torch the Allied invasion of French North Africa (8–16 November 1942). On 4 November 1942, Rommel decided to end the

William Trump (856 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

II. His vessel, the USS LCI-90, participated in the invasion of French North Africa, Sicily and Anzio in 1943, and in the Invasion of Normandy in 1944

Senegalese Tirailleurs (5,540 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

deployed to Western Europe). Other tirailleur regiments were raised in French North Africa from the Arab and Berber populations of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco;

USS Savannah (CL-42) (3,836 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the Atlantic and Caribbean (1942), and supported the invasion of French North Africa in Operation Torch (November 1942). She sought German-supporting

Western Naval Task Force (166 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

US Army units during the Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa in 1942 A force under Rear-Admiral Hewitt that landed US Army units

I Army Corps (Italy) (208 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

July it was sent back to Turin. After the landings of the Allies in French North Africa, I Corps participated in Case Anton and on 11 November 1942, it entered

The Guest (short story) (2,158 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

tale to reflect upon issues raised by the political situation in French North Africa. In particular, he explores the problem of refusing to take sides

335th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) (566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

strength of over 13,200 personnel. Following the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942, German forces moved into Vichy France in an operation

XV Army Corps (Italy) (215 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the French border to Savona. After the landings of the Allies in French North Africa, XV Corps participated in Case Anton and on 11 November 1942, it

French destroyer Le Malin (2,971 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

refitting in Casablanca, French Morocco, when the Allies invaded French North Africa in late 1942. Badly damaged during the attack and captured afterwards

Léonce Bénédite (1,952 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

French) Benjamin, R., Orientalist Aesthetics: Art, Colonialism, and French North Africa, 1880-1930, University of California Press, 2003, p.59 Nottingham

Blériot-SPAD S.510 (1,673 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

S.510s were sent to French North Africa in 1939 to join ERCs at Oran and Rabat. In May 1940, the ERCs based in French North Africa were combined to form

Société des Peintres Orientalistes Français (689 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

100 Benjamin, R., Orientalist Aesthetics: Art, Colonialism, and French North Africa, 1880–1930, University of California Press, 2003, p.57 Jonathan M

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (7,612 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

commander-in-chief of troops in Tunisia. After the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942 the Germans invaded the unoccupied portion of France;

USS Rapidan (641 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

route, she arrived at Gibraltar on 24 May, continued on to Oran in French North Africa, discharged her cargo, then returned to the United States and coastal

XXII Army Corps (Italy) (310 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Piedmont and on 11 November, following the Anglo-American landing in French North Africa, the XXII Corps crossed the Italian-French armistice line and occupied

VII Army Corps (Italy) (234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

VII Corps saw no action. After the western Allies had landed in French North Africa, the Axis Powers reacted with Case Anton to occupy the Zone Libre

Marcel Molinès (309 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

France), competed in the 1950 Tour de France in a team representing French North Africa. His background meant neither he nor his teammate, Abdel-Kader Zaaf

Joseph de La Nézière (638 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and French North Africa, 1880–1930, University of California Press, 2003, pp 203-04 Benjamin, R., Orientalist Aesthetics: Art, Colonialism, and French North

4th Army Corps (France) (616 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

he was arrested. It was around the time that the Allies invaded French North Africa and Germany responded by occupying the whole of France. On 6 June

HMS Rhododendron (K78) (698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Liverpool. In November 1942, the British and Americans landed in French North Africa in Operation Torch, with Rhododendron helping to escort one of the

French destroyer Tigre (1,860 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

September and the ship was turned over to the Free French at Bizerte, French North Africa, on 28 October. Tigre was recommissioned on 15 December, but her

Great North Road, Gibraltar (827 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

required in order to carry out Operation Torch, the allied attack on French North Africa, from Gibraltar. In November 1942, U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower

French submarine Curie (P67) (474 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

1943, when Free French Naval Forces amalgamated with those from French North Africa, she had been on patrol for 60 days and spent 192 hours submerged

Marie Adèle Pierre Jules Tissot (583 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

geologist. He suspected the presence of deposits of phosphates in French North Africa, which were later discovered by the geologist Philippe Thomas. He

RAF Gibraltar (1,110 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a major part in Operation Torch, the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa (French colonial possessions in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco) in

Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II (8,465 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ocean through the Sudan and Abyssinia, or to the Atlantic by way of French North Africa". On 2 October 1935, the Second Italo–Ethiopian War began when Italian

RMS Scythia (528 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to New York. In 1942, Scythia took part in the Allied invasion of French North Africa. On 23 November she was struck by an aerial torpedo. Her crew managed

Charles Nicolle (1,425 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 18 March 2021. Pelis, KIM (1997). "Prophet for Profit in French North Africa: Charles Nicolle and the Pasteur Institute of Tunis, 1903–1936".

List of theaters and campaigns of World War II (687 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1940 – 13 May 1943) Western Desert (11 June 1940 – 4 February 1943) French North Africa ( 8–16 November 1942) Tunisia (17 November 1942 – 13 May 1943) Malta

9th Colonial Infantry Division (393 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

surrendered after the Battle of France. After the liberation of French North Africa, the division was created in July 1943 from Colonial units from French

Case Anton (718 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the French colonies to the Allies. However, the Allied landings in French North Africa on 8 November 1942 caused that rationale to disappear, especially

List of countries by population in 1900 (314 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dahomey and Dependencies – 570,000 Colony of Mauritania – 502,000 French North Africa – 5,575,000 constituents French Algeria – 4,675,000 French protectorate

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (680 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(2008) Benjamin, R., Orientalist Aesthetics: Art, Colonialism, and French North Africa, 1880-1930, University of California Press, 2003, p.57 This article

Torch (disambiguation) (512 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

welding and cutting Operation Torch, the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa in World War II during the North African Campaign TORCH, The Oxford

Orientalism (9,788 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

19 Benjamin, R., Orientalist Aesthetics: Art, Colonialism, and French North Africa, 1880–1930, 2003, pp. 57–78 Volait, Mercedes (2014). "Middle Eastern

Paul Leroy (552 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

.." Benjamin, R., Orientalist Aesthetics: Art, Colonialism, and French North Africa, 1880–1930, University of California Press, 2003, p. 73 Jonathan

European Theater of Operations, United States Army (1,905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in Operation Torch through AFHQ. Operation Torch—the invasion of French North Africa—involving the 9th, 3rd Infantry and the 2nd Armored Divisions, initiated

Roger Benjamin (626 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Orientalist art culminated in Orientalist Aesthetics: Art, Colonialism and French North Africa, 1880-1930 (Berkeley 2003), which received the prestigious Robert

82nd Operations Group (2,245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

training. At about the same time, the Allies launched their invasion of French North Africa. By December 1942, Axis forces had repelled the Allied advance, and

HMS Argonaut (61) (729 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Lane Herder, Brian (2017). Operation Torch 1942: The invasion of French North Africa. Bloomsbury. Tucker, Spencer C., ed. (2011). World War II at Sea:

15th Army Group (1,251 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 9th infantry) that had been reequipped in French North Africa by the United States. The gap in the ranks of the U.S. Fifth Army

Ville Radieuse (1,068 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Algiers. During that period Algiers was the administrative capital of French North Africa. Although he was not officially invited to submit proposals for the

List of Orientalist artists (9,139 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

French) Benjamin, R., Orientalist Aesthetics: Art, Colonialism, and French North Africa, 1880–1930, University of California Press, 2003, p. 113 Brooks,

Dimitri Amilakhvari (917 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Foreign Legion and promoted to lieutenant in 1926. He later served in French North Africa and took part in all important operations in the south of Morocco

François Thierry-Mieg (406 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Military Mission to Gibraltar, shortly before the Allied invasion of French North Africa ("Operation Torch”). In 1943, François Thierry-Mieg was in charge

RMS Cameronia (1,390 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Infantry during the war, taking part in the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942. On 22 December 1942, Cameronia was hit by a torpedo

No. 114 Squadron RAF (1,456 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

deployment in support of Operation Torch, the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa. The squadron, part of 326 Wing, moved to Blida in Algeria in November

2 Squadron SAAF (1,459 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Western Desert 1941–1943 Sidi Rezegh Agedabia Gazala El Alamein; French North Africa 1943 El Hamma & Tunis Mediterranean 1943 South East Europe 1944–1945

World War II (26,018 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

attack was followed up shortly after by Anglo-American landings in French North Africa, which resulted in the region joining the Allies. Hitler responded

French Fourth Republic (3,747 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Strange History of Pierre Mendès France and the Great Conflict over French North Africa. Dell, Edmund (1995). The Schuman Plan and the British Abdication

RAF Aldermaston (2,077 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

operations in North Africa as part of the Operation Torch invasion of French North Africa. It flew its only combat mission on 8 November 1942 when it transported

Welsh National War Memorial (578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

representing Victory. The memorial's form was inspired by two visits to French North Africa and particularly Tunisia, where the architect was inspired by the

HMS Anthony (H40) (1,067 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

an escort for troop convoys for Operation Torch (the invasion of French North Africa). Anthony was refitted in late 1942, and deployed with the 13th Destroyer

Tunisian campaign (11,283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

remained uncertain until on 22 November, when the "Darlan Deal" placed French North Africa on the Allied side. This allowed US and British forces that had been

HMS Scylla (98) (970 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Gibraltar on 28 October 1942. The following month she was at the French North Africa landings (Operation Torch) as part of Force "O" with the Eastern

7th Armoured Division (France) (605 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

and AMX-13 tanks. In early 1956 the division was transferred to French North Africa, where its soldiers served as infantry supporting French operations

German submarine U-81 (1941) (1,456 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

intercept one of the convoys of Operation Torch (the invasion of French North Africa), sinking the Maron on 13 November. U-81's next patrol was uneventful

USS Swanson (1,057 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in Chesapeake Bay, Swanson joined the invasion fleet sailing for French North Africa. In the early morning of 8 November 1942, she lay close inshore to

Georges Estienne (1,502 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

SATT continued its automobile service. After the allies landed in French North Africa the company was allowed to use whatever aircraft it had, which was

Italian irredentism in Corsica (2,301 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

initially a supporter of Pétain. After the Allied occupation of French North Africa he commanded the Phalange Africaine. In Tunisia, he was wounded in

Cadix (709 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

accompanying the three Poles. On 8 November 1942, Allied forces landed in French North Africa. When the French authorities there submitted to the Allies and broke

Bréguet 482 (781 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Algeria during a German air raid following the Allied invasion of French North Africa, but the second prototype remained untouched, despite the fact that

RMS Viceroy of India (1,279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sailed in Convoy KMF-1A carrying Allied troops from Britain to invade French North Africa in Operation Torch. Early on 11 November 1942 she was returning empty

HMS Egret (L75) (1,082 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

October Egret took part in Operation Torch, the Allied landings in French North Africa. In December she was escorting convoy MKF 4 from Gibraltar when they

USS Hugh L. Scott (1,384 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hugh L. Scott took part in Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa. As part of Transport Division 3 (TransDiv 3), she sailed on 24 October

HMS Meteor (G73) (654 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Home Fleet during Operation Torch, the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa. On 18 March 1945 Meteor participated in the Battle of the Ligurian

Ethan B. Katz (755 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Book Award. The book traces Jewish-Muslim relations in France and French North Africa using archival research and interviews. Katz was reportedly considered

Days of Infamy series (1,592 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

took place and was a Soviet victory, but there were no landings in French North Africa. Instead, the US shipped a massive army around Africa, possibly larger

French seaplane carrier Commandant Teste (2,286 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

landed her aircraft. She served as an aircraft transport between French North Africa and Metropolitan France for the first half of 1940. In late June

German submarine U-73 (1940) (1,761 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

during an unsuccessful attack on Operation Torch (the invasion of French North Africa) troopships on 7 November. On 10 November, U-73 missed the battleship

Office of Strategic Services (7,123 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

direct operations it was successful in supporting Operation Torch in French North Africa in 1942, where it identified pro-Allied potential supporters and

Alexander Werth (774 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Strange History of Pierre Mendès France and the Great Conflict over French North Africa. London: Barrie Books, 1957. Published in US as Lost Statesman: The

Alexander Werth (774 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Strange History of Pierre Mendès France and the Great Conflict over French North Africa. London: Barrie Books, 1957. Published in US as Lost Statesman: The

Marcus Bloom (708 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

BLOOM Secret Flotillas: the Clandestine Sea Lines to France and French North Africa, Brooks Richards, HMSO, 1996. Seaman, Mark (2018). Undercover Agent

French destroyer Tartu (1931) (1,883 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Dunkerque back to Toulon in February 1942. After the Allies invaded French North Africa on 8 November, the Germans attempted to capture the French ships

Georges Mandel (1,947 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jeanneney, and as many members of the Cabinet as possible to travel to French North Africa, to continue the fight against the Germans. Only 25 other deputies

Maristan of Sidi Frej (1,262 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Maghreb: Liberation, Confinement, and Psychiatric Reform in French North Africa". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 79 (3): 459–499. doi:10.1353/bhm

French destroyer Kersaint (1931) (1,727 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Dunkerque back to Toulon in February 1942. After the Allies invaded French North Africa on 8 November, the Germans attempted to capture the French ships

90th Light Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) (2,718 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

in Africa itself. The Germans combed the French Foreign Legion in French North Africa and press-ganged some 2,000 German légionnaires into the Wehrmacht

Freikorps (5,175 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1942, in the immediate aftermath of the Allied Invasion of Vichy French North Africa the Corps Francs d'Afrique (CFA) (African Corps Franc) was raised

Jagdgeschwader 53 (1,874 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gerhard Michalski claimed 25 over Malta. With the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November, the Geschwader again found its components separated

SS City of Venice (983 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

only occasional convoy protection. After the Allied invasion of French North Africa she sailed between the Clyde and the Mediterranean, starting with

44th Infantry Division "Cremona" (1,497 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Livorno on 5 November 1941. On 8 November 1942 Allied forces landed in French North Africa and Germany and Italy reacted by occupying Vichy France. On 11 November

USS Leedstown (AP-73) (1,621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

she joined a force preparing for Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. Early on the evening of 8 November, shortly after putting her troops

Jade-Fitzroy network (695 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to contribute to the war effort, he left France for England via French North Africa and Gibraltar with friends Eugène Pérot and Pierre Giran. In London

Tirailleur (3,054 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and Corsican Tirailleurs Corses. The first tirailleurs employed in French North Africa were a metropolitan light infantry unit — the 1er bataillon de tirailleurs

HMS Albrighton (1,615 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

preparation for Operation Torch, the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa. On 12 November 1942, after the destroyer HMS Marne was damaged by

Casablanca (film) (11,644 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

1942, to capitalize on Operation Torch (the Allied invasion of French North Africa) and the capture of Casablanca. It went into general release on January

June 1940 (5,436 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

country. For the moment I refer particularly to French North Africa - to the integrity of French North Africa." The British Jockey Club announced that there

Allies of World War II (16,877 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

government in charge during the occupation of France. Vichy forces in French North Africa switched allegiance and merged with the Free French to participate

Claus von Stauffenberg (6,110 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

be allowed to continue." In November 1942, the Allies landed in French North Africa, and the 10th Panzer Division occupied Vichy France (Case Anton)

French destroyer L'Indomptable (1,722 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

began escorting convoys evacuating people from mainland France to French North Africa, and escorted cruisers fruitlessly searching for Italian cruisers

MV Plassy (616 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1942 when it took part in Operation Torch, the Allied landings in French North Africa. Thereafter it worked in the Mediterranean. At the end of the conflict

1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (2,131 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the two autonomes groups earned 6 citations. After returning to French North Africa in 1954, the regiment was involved in the Algerian War for eight

George S. Patton (18,383 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Commander, Patton was assigned to help plan the Allied invasion of French North Africa as part of Operation Torch in the summer of 1942. Patton commanded

Fort Walker (1,369 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

which was part of the Western Task Force of the Allied invasion of French North Africa. During the early years of World War II, the post continued to be

USS Ranger (CV-4) (5,053 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Vichy-ruled French Morocco. On 8 November 1942, Allied landings in French North Africa (Operation Torch) began. Vichy French government forces attacked

French destroyer Vauquelin (1931) (1,985 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Dunkerque back to Toulon in February 1942. After the Allies invaded French North Africa on 8 November, the Germans attempted to capture the French ships

Martin B-26 Marauder (6,566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bombardment Groups were allocated to support the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942. They were initially used to carry out low-level

Battle of the Mediterranean (4,818 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The cease fire and pledging of allegiance of the Vichy troops in French North Africa to the Allies during Torch convinced the Axis that Vichy could not

London Controlling Section (2,167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was the cover plans for Operation Torch (the Allied invasion of French North Africa on 8 November 1942). The deception plans that were masterminded for

Lioré et Olivier LeO H-246 (869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

aircraft going to Air France. In November 1942, the Allies landed in French North Africa and, in response, German forces occupied Vichy France. They seized

The Legion of Missing Men (741 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of his men free Don and smuggle him to a port where he may leave French North Africa and desert the Legion. Bob and his two friends Muggsy and Bilgey

Savoia-Marchetti S.73 (2,274 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

government and used to ferry pilots between the French mainland and French North Africa. Following France's surrender on 22 June 1940, the SABENA fleet,

Marian Pisarek (411 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

After the French surrender, the Polish aviators flew to Oran, in French North Africa. Eventually, via Casablanca and Gibraltar, several Polish pilots

HMS Duke of York (17) (3,128 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Duke of York leads Nelson, Renown, Formidable, and Argonaut during the occupation of French North Africa

French destroyer L'Audacieux (2,002 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

began escorting convoys evacuating personnel from mainland France to French North Africa and screened cruisers fruitlessly searching for Italian cruisers

RFA Derwentdale (A114) (510 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

on 5 May. In November 1942, the British and Americans landed in French North Africa in Operation Torch, with Derwentdale taking part in the landings

HMS Broke (D83) (2,986 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Operation Terminal, part of Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa. In "Terminal", the two destroyers, which were under the overall

Angelo Hesnard (294 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

France in the war, Hesnard continued to serve in the navy, and was in French North Africa when he wrote his notorious article of 'The Jewishness of Sigmund

Vauquelin-class destroyer (2,584 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that was intended to reinforce the Levant. After the Allies invaded French North Africa on 8 November 1942, the Germans attempted to capture the French ships

Spanish Maquis (4,325 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Rivesaltes, Fort Colliure, and Rieucros in Metropolitan France and, in French North Africa, Camp Morand, Meridja, Djelfa, Hadjerat-OM'Guil, and Ain-el-Curak

Denis Smyth (439 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Counter-Intelligencve and Spanish Threat to the Secrecy of the Allied Invasion of French North Africa in November, 1942." Intelligence and National Security 1989 4(2):

No. 485 Squadron RNZAF (5,058 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with the Allied invasion force for Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. It then returned to Kings Cliffe and resumed its duties with No

20th Infantry Division "Friuli" (2,029 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

capabilities, and more modern field guns. After the Allied landings in French North Africa Italy and Germany occupied Vichy France on 11 November 1942 and the

Grumman F4F Wildcat (7,699 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to Malta. Later in that year they participated in the landings in French North Africa.[citation needed] The first 30 F4F-3As were released for sale to

French Somaliland in World War II (4,598 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

operate again. Provisions were coming in from Ethiopia, Madagascar and French North Africa. The power plant was in poor condition and electricity functioned

Paul Reynaud (4,772 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Churchill urged the French to continue fighting, either from Brittany, French North Africa, or through guerrilla warfare. However, he faced strong resistance

United States Army Air Forces (18,166 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Groups but was assigned to Operation Torch 9 Allied invasion of French North Africa) and the Twelfth Air Force on 19 September 1942. The barely organized

Edmond Jouhaud (516 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

army general he had been the inspector general of the Air Force in French North Africa. After the failure of the putsch, he became the deputy of Raoul Salan

Brooks Richards (695 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

aged 84. Secret Flotillas: the Clandestine Sea Lines to France and French North Africa, HMSO, 1996. (revised edition) Vol 1 Secret Flotillas: Clandestine

Green Howards (4,212 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Battalion, renamed as the 30th Battalion and went to Italy, and French North Africa (Algiers and Tunisia). It was disbanded after six years service.

USS Wichita (CA-45) (5,895 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

to provide gunfire support for Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. Wichita participated in the Naval Battle of Casablanca, which began

Roger Trinquier (2,108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

He was posted to Algeria in August 1956 at the airborne base of French North Africa as the war against the FLN was becoming more intense. He then served

Types of Nazi camps (314 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

camps in Finland Internment camps in France Internment camps in French North Africa Internment camps in Hungary Internment camps of Italy Concentration

French battleship Jauréguiberry (3,661 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the fleet, including the Division de complément, was sent to French North Africa, where they escorted the vital troop convoys carrying elements of

White AM armoured car (1,310 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

remained in Metropolitan France, whilst all remaining AMD 80s were in French North Africa. The Metropolitan French examples were captured by the invading German

1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom) (5,220 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

take part in Operation Torch, codename for the Allied landings in French North Africa, and ended up participating in numerous operations in North Africa

Amiot 143 (2,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to base. 52 Amiot 143s were in the Unoccupied Zone and 25 were in French North Africa. They were reorganized into GBs I/38 and II/38 and were used until

Red hand (277 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(English translation: The Red Hand), an armed group operating in French North Africa in the 1950s Red Hand Commando, a small Ulster loyalist paramilitary

Le Grand Jeu (1934 film) (1,306 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Feyder developed a romantic drama set in the colonial world of French North Africa, which he had previously explored in his silent film L'Atlantide

Romano R.16 (872 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Romano 160 and was used by the Commander of the 5th Aerial Region of French North Africa as his personal transport. A photograph taken at Cannes in 1937 shows

Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa (2,669 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Honours and Fourragères below). The permanent units remained in French North Africa, providing garrisons and mobile columns. One of the considerations

History of the Jews in Algeria (5,415 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

laws applying to Algeria's Jewish population. This was unique in French North Africa, and as such the laws covering the status of Jews were governed much

Denis Buzy (511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

provinces with missionary and educational activities in Thailand and French North Africa (there was for example a college in Casablanca). He then retired

87th Infantry Regiment "Friuli" (1,747 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Yugoslavia as part of the VI Army Corps. After the Allied landings in French North Africa Italy and Germany occupied Vichy France on 11 November 1942 and the

Colas Group (1,415 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the leading road construction company in France. It expanded into French North Africa, creating full subsidiary operations in Algeria and Morocco by 1950

Jerauld Wright (10,995 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

gather pre-invasion intelligence and cultivate diplomatic contacts in French North Africa, and Wright would find himself intimately involved in his pre-invasion

European theatre of World War II (17,931 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and pledging of allegiance to the Allies of the Vichy troops in French North Africa during Operation Torch convinced the Axis that Vichy could no longer

Fall Rot (2,884 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

resistance virtually ceased and some surviving aircraft withdrew to French North Africa. Luftwaffe attacks concentrated on the direct and indirect support

M3 Lee (7,216 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

end of the campaign. Following Operation Torch (the invasion of French North Africa), the US also fought in North Africa using the M3 Lee. The US 1st

Junkers Ju 87 (19,345 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Americans into North Africa with the Operation Torch invasion of French North Africa made the situation far worse; the Stuka was obsolete in what was

Orientalism (book) (6,943 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

0921-3740. Benjamin, Roger Orientalist Aesthetics, Art, Colonialism and French North Africa: 1880–1930, U. of California Press, 2003 Biddick, Kathleen (2000)

HMS Wrestler (4,541 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

British and Americans launched Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. On 21 October 1942, Wrestler left Britain as part of the escort

MV Abosso (1,669 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mediterranean for Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of Vichy French North Africa. One of the convoy's escorts, the Shoreham-class sloop HMS Bideford

French battleship Jean Bart (1911) (3,231 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Mediterranean Squadron in the first half of 1933 and made port visits in French North Africa, Majorca, Spain and Casablanca, French Morocco. After a collision

Religious antisemitism (6,838 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

were involved in the Holocaust during the pro-Nazi rule of Vichy in French North Africa, as well as during the Italian and German Nazi occupations of Tunisia

George C. Marshall (16,569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Italy. Marshall and his advisors also opposed the Allied invasion of French North Africa after it became clear that Vichy France would offer resistance, concerns

Marie-Thérèse Le Chêne (622 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Richards, Secret Flotillas: the Clandestine Sea Lines to France and French North Africa, HMSO, 1996. "Marcus Bloom". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved

Algerian Grand Prix (817 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

protectorate in Morocco (both began in 1925) saw motor racing bloom across French North Africa. Alongside the neighbouring Tunis Grand Prix, the Algerian Grand

History of France (19,233 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Strange History of Pierre Mendès France and the Great Conflict over French North Africa. London: Barrie Books. Evans, Martin (2011). Algeria: France's Undeclared

Philippe Clay (1,138 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

who was still relatively unknown. He spent the next three years in French North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia). He returned to Paris in 1953 and performed

Language Question (Malta) (3,095 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

classes due to the relatively large number of Maltese emigrants in French North Africa. The British authorities felt that intensifying their efforts at

SS California (1927) (2,784 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

to Oran, French Algeria in Operation Torch, the invasion of Vichy French North Africa. On 12 December 1942 she sailed from New York again with troops to

51st Troop Carrier Wing (7,180 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

paratroopers and preparing for Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. In October, the wing became part of Twelfth Air Force, and the 60th

HMS Fleetwood (U47) (1,808 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Africa following Operation Torch, the Anglo-American landings in French North Africa, and in December joined the 43rd Escort Group based at Gibraltar

HMS Achates (H12) (3,411 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Achates took part in Operation Torch, the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa. She formed part of an assault convoy, and was then detached to escort

15th Infantry Regiment (United States) (4,652 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

French Morocco. For the next 31 months, the regiment fought through French North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, and Germany. On 10 July the 15th Infantry

Ultra (cryptography) (10,348 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

to Germany. Ultra provided evidence that the Allied landings in French North Africa (Operation Torch) were not anticipated. A JN-25 decrypt of 14 April

Geoffrey Oliver (1,212 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gibraltar to organise shipping for Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. Following the successful invasion, in January 1943 he was assigned

97th Air Refueling Squadron (2,496 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

deployed to French Morocco as part of Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. The squadron engaged in close air support and air interdiction missions

Military history of Italy during World War II (14,726 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ocean through the Sudan and Abyssinia, or to the Atlantic by way of French North Africa". As early as September 1938, the Italian military had drawn up plans

France–United Kingdom relations (19,598 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

control. The Vichy government controlled Syria, Madagascar, and French North Africa and French troops and naval forces therein. Eventually, several important

1898 Algerian riots (204 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

series of violent attacks against the Jewish community in Algeria, French North Africa, that occurred from January 18 to 24, 1898. The riots were sparked

Charles Noguès (887 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

served as Resident-General in Morocco and Commander-in-Chief in French North Africa. Noguès was appalled by news that the French government was seeking

Free Arabian Legion (1,137 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

been sent to North Africa, were used, together with Muslims from French North Africa, to form the German-Arab Battalion 845 in the summer of 1943. It

Charles R. Codman (428 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

translator to accompany Operation Torch, the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa. In the latter stages of the North African Campaign, he met Patton

October 1942 (3,728 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Flagpole: a plan to secure co-operation of Vichy France officers in French North Africa. The Allies took preliminary steps towards setting up a commission

Battle of Bir Hakeim (6,307 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

armoured force. The Germans had combed the French Foreign Legion in French North Africa and press-ganged some 2,000 German légionnaires into the 90th Light

Military strategy (12,612 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

South. After defeating Axis forces in North Africa (the invasion of French North-Africa), Sicily and southern Italy were invaded, leading to the defeat of

Operation Portcullis (1,686 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Egypt and Operation Torch (8–16 November) the Allied invasion of French North Africa. Offensive operations from Malta had been resumed with the supplies