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The attack on Mers-el-Kébir (Battle of Mers-el-Kébir) on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir, near Oran, on the coast of French Algeria.
The Allies organised three amphibious task forces to simultaneously seize the key ports and airports in Morocco and Algeria, targeting Casablanca, Oran and Algiers. Successful completion of these operations was to be followed by an eastwards advance into Tunisia.
18 Μαρ 2016 · One of the operations that took part in the Allied invasion was Operation Reservist – the direct attack on the port of Algerian port of Oran, under Vichy French control. It was to be the final act of a far more complex combined naval and landing operation on the Mediterranean coast of Algeria.
Algeria in World War II. Algeria during WW2. 22 July 1940 – 16 November 1942. Landing of Oran (November 1942) Location. Algeria. Algeria was formally part of Metropolitan France from 1830 until national independence in 1962. In the beginning of World War II it was occupied by the French Republic, however after the Battle of France it was ...
2 ημέρες πριν · World War II - Northwest Africa, 1942, Invasion: The amphibious landings for “Torch” were to be made on November 8 at three places in the vicinity of Casablanca and on beaches near Oran and near Algiers itself, under the supreme command of Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
7 Ιαν 2019 · Operation Torch was the Anglo-American invasion of French Morocco and Algeria during the North African Campaign of World War II. It began on November 8 and concluded on November 16, 1942.
LeLuc responded by signaling powerful squadrons in Toulon, France, and in Algiers to prepare for action and steam in reinforcement to Oran. This message was intercepted by the British on the Continent and forwarded to Churchill and Pound.
