The Battle of Port Lyautey began on 8 November 1942 for the city of Port Lyautey, today known as Kenitra, in French Morocco. The battle ended with its...

capital city, Rabat, Lyautey began his task of civilian administration. One of the first preoccupations of General Lyautey was to build ports along the inhabitable...

November. A battery of four 155 mm (6.1 in) guns (Grandes Pussances Filloux) sat on a hill west of Port Lyautey and southwest of the airport. The airport...

Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (17 November 1854 – 27 July 1934) was a French Army general and colonial administrator. After serving in Indochina and Madagascar...

as part of Torch. Forces captured Fedhala and then marched to nearby Casablanca. The Battle of Port Lyautey began for the city of Port Lyautey in French...

during the Battle of the Bulge, after which his forces drove deep into Nazi Germany by the end of the war. During the Allied occupation of Germany, Patton...

Eastern Campaign Medal with three battle stars for World War II service. Battle of Port Lyautey, Morocco, part of Operation Torch (initially called Operation...

Port Lyautey. At Port Lyautey in northwestern, Morocco the US Navy operated Naval Air Station Port Lyautey, starting in February 1943. Port Lyautey (now...

kasbah was the location of the Battle of Port Lyautey, when it was damaged. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kasbah of Mehdya. قصبة المهدية.. قلعة...

success of Operation Overlord, the Allies quickly took control of much of Western Europe, but the Germans launched a major counter-attack in the Battle of the...