THE ALLIED OCCUPATION OF FRENCH NORTH AFRICA, 1942-1945 - A 250 kg bomg landed here, failed to explode and broke in half during the enemy air raid in Allied-occupied Algiers, 21 November 1942. One of the halves landed alongside two British Army photographers - Sergeants who were lying flat in the roadway; a remarkable escape for them. Algiers has experienced its first air raid when enemy machines flew over at night and dropped about a dozen bombs in the town. Damage was done but casualties were very light,

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