Between 1940 and 1943, during the first years of World War II, Italy was able to militarily occupy some parts of the French soil. This occupation took place in two phases: the first in June 1940 following the French capitulation after the successful German offensive, the second in November 1942 when Hitler decided to militarily [...]
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Italian occupation of France during World War II
May 8th, 2013 
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Posted in Campaigns of World War II, West Front 
Tags: italian occupation, vichy france, world war ii italy 
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June 16th, 2011 admin This article is about a Vichy French officer during World War II. He was involved in Operation Torch. Jean Louis Xavier François Darlan (Nérac, 7 August 1881 to Algiers, 24 December 1942) was a French admiral and collaborator in Vichy France. Darlan studied from 1899 to 1901 at the École Navale. He was an expert in ballistics [...]
Operation Torch
June 16th, 2011 admin This article is about a invasion of of North African Campaign and Battle of the Mediterranean during World War II. Operation Torch (initially called Operation Gymnast) was the landing and Tunisia progress towards Anglo-American troops in World War II during the campaign in North Africa, launched on 8 November of 1942. The Soviet Union had pressed the [...]
Posted in 1942, Campaigns of World War II, Mediterranean, Timeline Tags: operation torch, vichy france, world war ii No Comments »
