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Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II

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In November 1942, as part of Operation Torch, 33,000 American soldiers sailed undetected across the Atlantic and stormed the beaches of French Morocco. Seventy-four hours later, the Americans controlled the country and one of the valuable wartime ports: Casablanca.

In the years preceding, Casablanca had evolved from an exotic commute destination to a key military target after France’s give up to Germany. Jewish refugees from Europe poured in, hoping to obtain visas and passage to the US and beyond. Nazi agents and collaborators infiltrated the city looking for power and loyalty. The resistance used to be not far at the back of, as shopkeepers, celebrities, former French Foreign Legionnaires, and disgruntled bureaucrats formed a network of Allied spies. But once in American hands, Casablanca became a a very powerful logistical hub in the fight against Germany–and the web page of Roosevelt and Churchill’s demand for “unconditional give up.”

Rife with rogue soldiers, power grabs, and diplomatic intrigue, Destination Casablanca is the riveting and untold story of this glamorous city–memorialized in the classic film that used to be rush-released in 1942 to capitalize on the drama that used to be unfolding in North Africa at the heart of World War II.

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