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| Tango01 | 13 Feb 2026 1:45 p.m. PST |
… Collaborator Helped Secure an Allied Victory in North Africa
"ON NOV. 11, 1942, General Dwight Eisenhower, commander of Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French Morocco and Algeria, entered into an agreement with Vichy French Admiral François Darlan to end the fighting. Why did Eisenhower cut a deal with a man widely viewed as a Nazi collaborator? The answer lies in the complexity of French politics and Torch's objectives.
In June 1940, with the French army reeling from the German blitzkrieg, France capitulated and signed the Franco-German Armistice. Under the terms of the surrender, the Nazis would control Northern France, including Paris, while the French would preside over Southern France and the French overseas empire. Eighty-four-year-old Marshall Phillipe Pétain, a hero of World War I, formed a new government in the spa town of Vichy. Pétain was given near dictatorial powers and quickly aligned his government with the Nazis believing that Hitler was certain to win the war. French General Charles de Gaulle forcibly condemned the Armistice and vowed to fight on. The Vichy government labeled de Gaulle a traitor and sentenced him to death…"
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