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unusual facts about French North Africa


French North Africa

French North Africa was a collection of territories in North Africa controlled by France and centering on French Algeria.


Paul Leaman Clark

Clark was staffing a landing boat during a large assault on a beach in French North Africa, during World War II, when the craft's two other crew members (Richard Bucheit of St. Marys, PA and Donald LaRue of Hacketstown, N.J.) were wounded by a Luftwaffe fighter.

Place du 8 Novembre 1942

The name of the square commemorates the date, 8 November 1942, when in World War II the Operation Torch started, the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign.


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William Trump

His vessel, the USS LCI-90, participated in the invasion of French North Africa, Sicily and Anzio in 1943, and in the Invasion of Normandy in 1944.