Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what s clicking on Foxnews.com.
It’s true that it is impossible to predict the future, but that should not prevent the world from internalizing important lessons from the past. On January 27, as we observe Holocaust Remembrance Day 76 years after the liberation of the hell that was the Nazi death camp, Auschwitz I believe we should be casting our eyes slightly further back to the pre-war years.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called World War II the Unnecessary War. In his seminal 1946 speech he said: There never was a war in all history easier to prevent by timely action than the one which has just desolated such great areas of the globe. It could have been prevented in my belief without the firing of a single shot.
World War II: This Daring Allied Raid on Algiers Harbor Ended in Failure
A joint U.S. Army and Royal Navy force attempted a coup de main on Algiers harbor in the opening hours of Operation Torch.
Here s What You Need to Know: Preparations included seizing Algiers Harbor intact.
In November 1942, the Anglo-American invasion of North Africa, Operation Torch, caused a short but intense conflict with French forces loyal to the Vichy regime in power on the European mainland. The Allies sought to finish the Axis presence not only in Vichy-controlled areas but also to eliminate the Italian-German forces to the east in Libya. The British Eighth Army, fresh from victory at El Alamein, was steadily pushing those forces westward. Taking control of the entire North African coastline would cement the Allied position and make follow-on operations in the Mediterranean Theater possible.
কালের কণ্ঠ | kalerkant | home-arvhive | কালের কণ্ঠ kalerkantho.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kalerkantho.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.