Algiers, Algeria. 1942-11-11. A conference in Algiers after Allied landings at Oran, Casablanca ...

Accession Number P02018.153
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Algiers, Algeria. 1942-11-11. A conference in Algiers after Allied landings at Oran, Casablanca and Algiers. Left to right: Admiral Sir Alan Cunningham, US General Mark Clark, French Admiral Jean Darlan (in civilian clothes) and US General Dwight Eisenhower. Darlan was placed in charge of French affairs in the area by Eisenhower, and was assassinated by a Frenchman on 1942-12-24.

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