History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1686 short lesson, about 20 seconds
North Africa
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The idea
American forces landed in North Africa in nineteen forty-two, joining the British against the Afrika Korps under General Erwin Rommel.
In practice
The campaign securing the southern Mediterranean and keeping Egypt and the Suez Canal in British hands.
Where people slip
The anchor notes it drew no German troops from the Soviet front, where Stalingrad and Leningrad still raged.
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