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Topic	Did Americans fight in Africa in World War 2?
indica 02/01/22 4:32:38 AM #21:	Criminalt posted... They also left the Vichy French administration firmly in place after they struck a deal with Admiral Darlan that allowed them to land unopposed by Vichy forces, let them station troops in North Africa, and guaranteed them safe passage. Uncle Sam betrayed the Resistance fighters who'd tried to help them, and American GIs stood by and watched as they were dragged away by Vichy police. They also left the regime's anti-Jewish legislation in place, refused to intervene in pogroms that broke out in North African cities, and made no attempt to stop Jews being carted off to slave camps in the Sahara; not a single detainee in the camps was liberated until ten months after the Allied landings, and then only by the Free French, not by the Americans. Damn...do you have any sources I can look further into? --- There is no good. There is no evil. There just is. <cite>indica posted [p:962264240] in Did Americ... [t:79878163]...</cite> <quote>Criminalt posted... </cite> <quote>They also left the Vichy French administration firmly in place after they struck a deal with Admiral Darlan that allowed them to land unopposed by Vichy forces, let them station troops in North Africa, and guaranteed them safe passage. Uncle Sam betrayed the Resistance fighters who'd tried to help them, and American GIs stood by and watched as they were dragged away by Vichy police. They also left the regime's anti-Jewish legislation in place, refused to intervene in pogroms that broke out in North African cities, and made no attempt to stop Jews being carted off to slave camps in the Sahara; not a single detainee in the camps was liberated until ten months after the Allied landings, and then only by the Free French, not by the Americans.</quote>Damn...do you have any sources I can look further into? --- There is no good. There is no evil. There just is.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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