Algeria during WW2 | |
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22 July 1940 – 16 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 taken by Vichy France under the control of Nazi Germany,[1] and then liberated by the Americans and British during Operation Torch in 1942.[2] As for the population, they mostly opposed the Vichy Regime, and supported the Allies, by helping Jews, and some sources believe that Algerian Muslims hid Jews from the Vichy Regime to keep them safe. During Operation Torch the Allies were assisted by local Jewish Algerian Resistance.[3]