Case Anton
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Case Anton was the military occupation of Vichy France carried out by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy in November 1942. It marked the end of the Vichy regime as a nominally independent state and the di
Panzertruppen watching a burning French warship, probably Colbert
The scuttling of the French fleet, from left to right: Strasbourg, Colbert, Algérie, and Marseillaise
Operation Torch
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Operation Torch was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during World War II. Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa while allowing Am
Case Anton
…that it was, in the absence of German naval superiority, the only practical means to deny the use of the French colonies to the Allies. However, the Allied landings in French North Africa on 8 November 1942 caused that rationale to disappear, especially since it quickly became apparent that the Vichy government possessed neither the political will nor the…
Allied convoys heading from the British Isles to North Africa
American soldiers land near Algiers. The soldier at the dune line is carrying a flag because it was hoped the French would be less likely to fire on Americans.
A flyer in French and Arabic that was distributed by Allied forces in the streets of Casablanca, calling on citizens to cooperate with the Allied forces
U.S. troops landing in Arzew, with troopships in the background