4 Jul 1940
Algeria
Algeria
- British submarine HMS Pandora sank French gunboat Rigault de Genouilly off Oran, Algeria at 1530 hours. ww2dbase [British Attacks on the French Fleet | Oran | TH]
8 Nov 1942
Algeria
Algeria
- Two former US Coast Guard cutters renamed HMS Walney (Captain F. T. Peters R.N.) and HMS Hartland (Commander Godfrey P. Billot) each carrying 200 American infantry entered Oran, Algeria with the intention of denying the harbour facilities to the Vichy French. Both vessels came under intense crossfire from French warships and were sunk with heavy losses. The survivors were taken prisoner. Captain Peters miraculously survived but was killed in a plane accident two days later. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross and the American Distinguished Service Cross. Commander Godfrey P. Billot of Hartland won a Distinguished Service Order. ww2dbase [Operation Torch | Oran | AC]
3 Jul 1943
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Photo(s) dated 3 Jul 1943
5 Jul 1943
Algeria
Algeria
- USS Ancon departed from Oran, French Algeria for Operation Husky with Admiral Alan Kirk and Lieutenant General Omar Bradley on board. ww2dbase [Invasion of Sicily and Italy's Surrender | Ancon | Oran | CPC]
18 Jul 1943
Photo(s) dated 18 Jul 1943
Photo(s) dated 18 Jul 1943
2 Dec 1944
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Photo(s) dated 2 Dec 1944
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