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Old September 20th 03, 12:24 PM
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:48:52 +0100, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote:

To be fair some French colonial forces joined the British
fighting the Germans and Italians long before Torch.


Yes, that was mentioned in the CBS video. I didn't realize that they'd
come from North Africa--thought maybe they'd been sea-lifted from
Dunkirk and then moved around the Horn to Egypt.

The video also mentioned Free Polish troops in the 8th Army. How did
they get to Egypt?


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