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1942-12-24Darlan Assasinated

A 20-year-old French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, entered Vichy French Admiral Franois Darlan's headquarters in Algiers and shot him twice.

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1942-11-081942-11-10Operation Torch

The combined British-American landings in French North Africa. The invasion hoped to Axis Powers from North Africa, improve naval control of the Mediterranean Sea and prepare an invasion of Southern Europe in 1943.

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