Place du 8 Novembre 1942

The Place du Huit Novembre nineteen forty-two is a triangular concrete island framed by the intersection of Rue de Dunkerque and Rue d'Alsace. It commemorates Operation Torch, the Allied landings in North Africa during the Second World War. On this date, American and British troops launched a surprise invasion of Vichy-held Morocco and Algeria. A small plaque embedded in the ground marks the spot, standing as a quiet, often overlooked intersection that links Parisian street life to the larger North African theater.