(Jewish Group)The Allies defeated the Axis powers in Africa, but the concentration camps stayed open

[Behind the Aegis]

FDR’s broken promise: The Allies defeated the Axis powers in Africa — but the concentration camps stayed open

Eighty years ago today, 107,000 American and British troops triumphed over the Axis powers in North Africa, ending the regime’s cruel antisemitic laws.

The weeklong campaign, known as Operation Torch, toppled the hold of the Nazi-aligned French government that controlled Morocco and Algeria. This opened a crucial front of war, allowing the Allies to make their way eastward across North Africa and, ultimately, into Europe via Italy.

To the extent that this military campaign has been understood, it has been through the perspective of the Allied forces themselves. The North African stories of war have scarcely been told.

For 10 years, we’ve been working to change that. We have been gathering the voices of those who survived wartime in North and West Africa, and whose lives were forever changed by the campaign.

Then, as in today’s Ukraine, war was an intimate affair, experienced through hunger, violence, environmental devastation, sexual abuse and a shift in how people viewed their future and their world.

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I am not a huge WWII buff, but I do know a bit. I was unaware of this. Anyone know about this? Recommend any books about it?