Discusses the conflicts between the Allies over Vichy rule in North Africa and how they led to the death of Admiral Darlan

Traces the plots and counterplots that led to the death of Vichy's Fleet Admiral on Christmas Eve 1942, and to the Allied conquest of French North Africa.

When I started this book, the word 'Assassination' in the title referred to the homicide of a powerful military and political individual whose elimination could

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