As General Mark Clark was preparing to depart from his secret rendevous in North Africa, Vichy commander General Charles Mast quietly said to him, “The French navy is not with us. The army and the air force are.” So in the early morning hours of November 8, 1942, as Allied forces made ready to disembark, there [...]
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French Fleet Burned Badly by Torch
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