• They were relatively minor skirmishes, which eventually resulted in half of the Vichy forces returning to France, and the other joining the Free French. The only real significant conflict between the Vichy forces and Allies were Operation Torch and Dakar.

    No.no.no….Vichy side 1066 dead 450 wounded. 4000 dead/wounded on FF and UK side.
    Battle begins june 8 and stop july 12. It wasn’t a minor skirmishes.

    Madagascar battle = may 5 to november 5.
    Less dead but a lot of fight.
    In fact, compare to Madagascar and Syria, operation Torch was a skirmishes.


  • @crusaderiv:

    They were relatively minor skirmishes, which eventually resulted in half of the Vichy forces returning to France, and the other joining the Free French. The only real significant conflict between the Vichy forces and Allies were Operation Torch and Dakar.

    No.no.no….Vichy side 1066 dead 450 wounded. 4000 dead/wounded on FF and UK side.
    Battle begins june 8 and stop july 12. It wasn’t a minor skirmishes.

    Madagascar battle = may 5 to november 5.
    Less dead but a lot of fight.
    In fact, compare to Madagascar and Syria, operation Torch was a skirmishes.

    It was a minor skirmish in comparison to the titanic clashes on the Eastern Front, or the battles between the Brits and Krauts in North Africa. I didn’t say it wasn’t a bloodbath.

    Still, Vichy France’s few skirmishes does not mean it deserves to be called active in the overarching war.


  • Ya well, eveything is a skirmish compare to the eastern front!

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