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560, Rock the Casbah.

Last time, the naval covering force for the three attacking groups going inland at

French Morocco had their hands full as elements of the French fleet kept pulling American vessels away

so French destroyers could go after the landing craft just north of Casablanca. The Americans fell for

this faint at least twice, but had the numbers to

compensate before too much damage was done. Besides, the rough tides alone had taken out almost half

of the landing craft allocated for this part of torch. Still, between the ground troops, air attacks,

and naval might,

Casablanca was becoming less able to defend itself. As for the deep water harbor at Safi to the south of Casablanca, the southern attacking force there had their own issues,

but again a combination of forces silenced the coastal guns, subdued

the port, and weakened, outlined French military posts like at Marrakesh. By November 10th,

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