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Vichy France

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The ETO Is the European Theatre of Operations

The ETO is the European Theatre of Operations so that's north west Europe 44-5 and torch operation torch no vene with the 8th 942 it's the Allies landing on the coast of north Africa in Morocco and Algiers. One of the French generals said that don't be ridiculous it's absolutely no way there's a fleet off Morocco as he looked out his binoculars to see 55 warships at sea. The key point about where they're landing is that they're landing in Vichy owned north Africa yeah and Vichy being pro access because of the armistice the deal that the French strike with the Germans after June.

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