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U.S. troops landing with Higgins assault boats on a beach in French Morocco, November 1942. By November 1942 the Allies had begun to secure the Atlantic. Stalin was demanding the opening of a second front against Germany to relieve the pressure on Russia. Britain and America were not yet prepared for a major continental invasion, so a compromise was reached in the North Africa campaign. The Allies landed on November 8, forced the capitulation of the Vichy regimes in Morocco and Algeria, and drove eastward against Rommel's German army.

U.S. Coast Guard-manned Landing Craft Infantry LCI-85 near the shore as soldiers disembark onto the sandy beach during a practice landing at Slapton Sands.

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