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Invasion of North Africa Opens With Algiers Strike
The invasion armada steamed from Gibraltar at 7 3 o clock in the morning as the United States and Allied forces landed around Algiers and Oran. American Rangers attacked the electric power station and seaplane base while destroyers shelled targets. By two days in, French resistance collapsed and Algiers fell with Admiral Jean Francois Garnal captured, signaling a major Allied advance.
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America
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Gibraltar
North African
Mediterranean
Algiers
Oran
French Morocco
Eisenhower
Casablanca
Rabat
Morocco
Algeria
Admiralty
Jean Frariecis Garlan
Vichy No
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