Casablanca = 35000 US troops from US under Geoge Patton
Oran = 39000 US troops from England under Lloyd Fredendall
Algiers = 33000 US and Brit under Ryder
Tunisian Victory film, released in April 1944, emphasized British-American unity in the "ACROBAT" landings, told through the narration of the British soldier "George" and the American soldier "Joe"; the film itself was the first joint film production of Frank Capra and the British, under Roy Boulting, produced after the enormous success of Boulting's 1943 British film Desert Victory. See the article by Frederic Krome, "Tunisian Victory and Anglo-American Film Propaganda in World War II."
Nov. 8-11 - Vichy Gen. Nogues fought the Allied landings, Admiral Jean Darlan imprisoned Murphy
Nov. 11 - Mark Clark signed armistice with Darlan
"deal" made Darlan the repressive leader of N. Africa
"Yanks Invade Africa"
headline of Des Moines Tribune
Nov. 17 - FDR at press conference defended "Darlan deal" as temporary and quoted Bulgarian proverb that "you are permitted in time of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge."
but became the "French quagmire" under criticism by liberals, De Gaulle
also rapid German reinforcements in Tunisia stopped Allied drive to Bizerte
Nov. 19 - Stalin began his counterattack URANUS from Stalingrad
Paulus by Jan. 30 became the 1st German Field Marshall to surrender an army
Dec. 25 - Darlan killed by Bonnier de la Chapelle (Murphy agent)
rain caused Ike to postpone Tunis campaign (instead, rode horseback and dined at St. Georges Hotel in Casablanca with Kay Summersby)
