Oran

And so he goes over there, and he begs them, and they quit anyway, having a treaty not to do it.

And so he destroys their fleet in the port of Oran in North Africa.

And he won't send them any more airplanes.

And then France falls anyway, and so then Edward Halifax, Edward Wood, Lord Halifax, is the foreign minister, and he's the chief of the appeasers along with Chamberlain.

So Patton certainly was very helpful in winning the war in terms of the image that he created.

But to delve in and give you a better answer about the torch landings in Morocco and then fighting Tunisia is, first of all, Patton was not initially tapped to lead one of the three task force that were going to land in Algiers, Iran, and Casablanca in Operation Torch.

which was led by Dwight D. Eisenhower, of course.

General Eichelberger was first given command of what became known as the Western Task Force, but MacArthur demanded Eichelberger be transferred to his command in the Pacific, and Patton got the job.

When the united wisdom of Ferdinand and Isabella resolved on the expatriation of the Spanish Moors, they forgot the risk of an exile's vengeance.

No sooner was Granada fallen than thousands of desperate Moors left the land which for seven hundred years had been their home, and, disdaining to live under a Spanish yoke, crossed the strait to Africa, where they established themselves at various strong points, such as Circelle, Oran, and notably at Algiers, which till then had hardly been heard of.

No sooner were the banished Moors fairly settled in their new seats than they did what anybody in their place would have done.

They carried the war into their oppressors' country.

For twenty years the exiled Moors had enjoyed immunity, while the big Spanish galleys were obstinately held in port, contemptuous of so small a foe.

At last Don Pedro Navarro was dispatched by Cardinal Jimenez to bring the pirates to book.

He had little difficulty in taking possession of Oran and Bujia, and Algiers was so imperfectly fortified that he imposed his own terms.

He made the Algerines vow to renounce piracy, and to see that they kept their word, he built and garrisoned a strong fort, the Peñon de Algiers, to stop their boats from sallying forth.

which is something I'm really keen to look forward to.

Well, on that trip, you'll be spending a night in Oran, which is quite a big town.

It's got a long history of being part of the Ottoman Empire, the Spanish Empire, the French, but it is also the sort of Algeria's party town.

So the music and the music scene and the party scene in Oran is the place.

So yeah, when you're there, Belle, with us in March.

then probably Iran is the place to try and sniff something out.

Don't you think I haven't thought about that as well? Because I do love a bit of Rai music as well.

So Cheb Mami and all of those singers from there, it's such an infectious music.

My first appearance as clown is a very vivid recollection.

It was in the circus at Oran in North Africa.

I had in my day done many hazardous acrobatic feats, and it was a daily matter for me to risk my neck in some kind of performance.

I could do it, too, without turning a hair.

A few intry- infantry units, some of the Marines, and much of the Air Force remained loyal to de Gaulle, as in May 1958 they had remained loyal to the Fourth Republic, but most of the armed forces in Algeria were at attenteiste.

Wait and see is the attitude that usually favors a coup, and when General Henri Despourous withdrew his headquarters in Algeria from Oran to Lemka- Tlemcen to avoid ha- having to choose between fighting and joining the coup, he was objectively favoring the coup.

The four generals seemed to be on the verge of victory.

The determined Pied-Noir population of Algeria was 100% behind them.

All right.

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It's, it- it's a very pompous title that nobody in the world outside of, you know, his direct immediate subordinates actually thought meant anything.