Fires burned more than 338,000 hectares through the province â seven and a half times the normal area charred on average over 20 years. No homes or notable structures were destroyed, but the province more than quadrupled its firefighting budget, spending $266 million.
German armies deep in Russian territory. Thus, Operation TORCH was conceived and. approved. In addition to building an invasion force capable of traveling long distances to reach. objectives in North Africa, the Allies had to cope with political complications.
It was the landing site of British paratroopers in the 1956 Suez Crisis . Suez Crisis The capture of the airfield at El Gamil and the surrounding area was an essential element in Operation Musketeer , the joint Anglo-French airborne and amphibious assault on Port Said , with the ultimate aim of gaining control of the Suez Canal .