Map showing the United States Army landings at Algiers, Algeria, 8 Nov 1942.

Caption     Map showing the United States Army landings at Algiers, Algeria, 8 Nov 1942. ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army
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Photo Size 2,000 x 1,335 pixels
Photos on Same Day 8 Nov 1942
Photos at Same Place Algiers, Algeria
Added By David Stubblebine
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
18 Aug 2017 07:46:35 PM

Note that the main landing beaches are code-named Apples, Beer, and Charlie. This was a case of the US planners following the British phonetic alphabet rather than the American Able, Baker, Charlie.
2. David Hickman says:
12 Feb 2025 01:18:22 PM

This is a great map. Can you tell me the source of the map, other than the U.S. Army? Thank you.

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WW2-Era Place Name Algiers, Algeria
Lat/Long 36.7868, 3.1536
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