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Landing craft LCM73 ferrying troops ashore during Operation Torch.
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| Landing craft LCM73 ferrying troops ashore during Operation Torch. |
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| © National Maritime Museum, London |
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| Repro ID: H4846 |
| Description: Operation Torch – the Allied landings in Morocco and Algeria in November 1942 – was the largest amphibious operation in history up to that time. It brought the French North African colonies – which had been loyal to the Vichy regime – under Allied control, and meant the beginning of the end of German and Italian forces fighting in the desert. |
| Creator: Unknown |
| Date: November 1942 |
| Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London | |
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