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1942, Nov. 8
 
American and British expeditionary forces landed in French North Africa in the greatest amphibious invasion hitherto attempted (See Nov. 8).  1
 
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The greater part of the French navy, which had been rated the fourth largest in the world in 1939, was scuttled by the crews in Toulon harbor to prevent the Germans from obtaining the ships.  2
 
 
 
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