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unusual facts about El Marsa, Skikda


El Marsa

El Marsa, Skikda, a municipality or commune of Skikda province, Algeria


El Marsa

El Marsa, Western Sahara, a port city of Western Sahara under Moroccan control

El Marsa, Algiers, a municipality or commune of Algiers province, Algeria

El Marsa, Chlef, a municipality or commune of Chlef province, Algeria

International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara

They engaged in several attacks against Spanish garrisons or patrols, and also attacked the Fosbucraa conveyor belt, which exported the rich local phosphates to the El Marsa port.

Piaggio P.108

Nonetheless, in Algeria they struck targets in Bône (now called Annaba), Algiers, Blinda, Philippeville (now called Skikda), Maison Blanche and Oran.

Skikda

On January 25, 1945, 200 Jews holding citizenship from countries in North and South America were sent from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp to Switzerland as part of a prisoner exchange group.


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