November 1942

the éphéméride | all on November and 1942.

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November 1st:

the operation Supercharge, opening allied with El Alamein, starts.

November 3rd:

the German and Italian troops start to beat a retreat with El Alamein.

November 4th:

Departure of the 40e convoy of deportation of the Jews of France, the Camp of Drancy towards Auschwitz: 1000 deportees, 4 survivors in 1945.

November 6th:

Departure of the 42e convoy of deportation of the Jews of France, the Camp of Drancy towards Auschwitz: 1000 deportees, 4 survivors in 1945.

November 8th:

Operation Torch, the British and American invasion of North Africa, starts: the Americans unload with Casablanca and with Oran, of the British and the Americans unload with Algiers.

November 9th:

Departure of the 44e convoy of deportation of the Jews of France, the Camp of Drancy towards Auschwitz: 1000 deportees, 15 survivors in 1945.

November 11th:

Occupation of the free Zone by the Germans.
Departure of the 45e convoy of deportation of the Jews of France, the Camp of Drancy towards Auschwitz: 745 deportees, 2 survivors in 1945.

November 12th:

the Generalplan Ost starts to touch the Polish population of the area of Zamość from where 110.000 people will be off-set either worms of the camps, or towards the Germany; 30.000 children will be torn off with their family to be germanized within German families.

November 13rd:

Tobrouk is taken again by the 8th British Army.

November 15th:

Darlan seizes the power in Africa North.

November 19th:

In Stalingrad (today Volgograd), the Russians launch their counter-offensive, Opération Uranus, on the German armies.

November 22nd:

Surrounding of the German Life armed in Stalingrad.

November 26th:

First of the film Casablanca.

November 27th:

Scuttling of the French fleet with Toulon.

November 28th:

Fire with Boston of a night club; 491 dead.

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