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Free French leader Giraud escapes to North Africa
Report claims Gen. Giraud, once a Nazi prison inmate and now a Free French icon, fled captivity and reached North Africa after the Allied landings at Algiers. Eisenhower named him anti Axis leader and soon to command a Free French Army alongside UN forces.
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Henri Giraud
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Darlan
Toulon
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Vichy
Casablanca
Sardinia
Sicily
Algiers
Berlin
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Cape of Good Hope
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Egypt
Afrika Korps
8Th Army
Nile
el Alamein
Guattara Depression
Suez Canal
Montgomery
RAF
USAAF
Juugo
Romwimel
EU West
Cfhouder Suppiles
Mingke & Stam Et Fleilfive Bass
Milure
Micre
Tf Petreal
Ip Borne Id Iintaet
Fie
Ipiniceia
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Free
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