Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
Allied forces landed on the coast of Morocco. Their main targets were Casablanca, Algiers, and Oran. Strategically, the Allies´ intention was to cleanse the western coast of Africa of German forces and create a basis for a future offensive in southern Europe. Algiers fell that evening, but the Vichy French put up stiff resistance in Oran. One of the forces meant to land in Casablanca lost 242 ships, 64 percent of its fleet, but established a beachhead anyway. It was
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Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
In response to the Allies´ invasion of Algeria and Morocco, German and Italian forces entered Tunisia on November 9, 1942. By early December, the Axis forces there were in serious trouble. Relentless Allied aerial attacks almost drove them out of Tunis on November 24. On December 6, the Germans dissolved the Tunis Jewish Community Board and ordered Moise Borgel to establish a nine-member board in its stead. The new panel was given 24 hours to induct 2,000 Jews for forced
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Written by zachor_foundation on May 7, 2014
Referring to the Allies´ successes in Egypt and Africa, Churchill said, “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning…. I have not become the King´s first minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.”
