Angel Cordero, Jr., horse racing jockey, in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico Fernando Sorrentino, writer, in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 9, 1942 (Monday) German forces invaded Tunisia without opposition from nearby French troops. Canada, Cuba and Mexico broke off diplomatic relations with Vichy France. The American troopship Leedstown, immobilised in the Mediterranean Sea the previous day by an attack from the Luftwaffe, was finished off by a torpedo from German submarine U-331. Died: Eddie Leonski, 24, American soldier and serial killer (executed at Pentridge Prison) Edna May Oliver, 59, American actress November 10, 1942 (Tuesday) Admiral Darlan agreed to a ceasefire in French North Africa. Oran, Algeria surrendered to the Allies. The Battle of Port Lyautey ended when U.S. troops captured the city's fortress and local airfield. The incomplete French battleship Jean Bart was heavily damaged in harbour at Casablanca by U.S. aircraft. After Darlan agreed to the ceasefire in North Africa, German forces launched Case Anton, the occupation of Vichy France. Darlan declared that the German occupation of Vichy released him from affiliation with the Vichy government. He pledged total co-operation with the Allies with the only condition that he be appointed high commissioner for French North Africa. General Eisenhower agreed. Winston Churchill took to the podium at the Lord Mayor's Luncheon in London with news of the Allied victory at El Alamein. "Now this is not the end," Churchill said. "It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Haiti broke off diplomatic relations with Vichy France. British destroyer HMS Martin was sunk off Algiers by German submarine U-431. Japanese submarine I-15 was sunk off San Cristóbal in the Solomons by the American destroyer minesweeper USS Southard. The Philip Barry play Without Love premiered at the St. James Theatre on Broadway. It would be adapted into a film in 1945. The comedy film Road to Morocco starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour was released. Born: Robert F. Engle, economist, in Syracuse, New York; Hans-Rudolf Merz, politician, in Herisau, Switzerland November 11, 1942 (Wednesday) The Second Battle of El Alamein ended in a decisive Allied victory. The Dominican Republic severed diplomatic relations with Vichy France. German submarine U-532 was commissioned. British Commandos conducted Operation Fahrenheit, an overnight raid on a signals station at Point de Plouézec, France. The Italian Army invades and occupies Monaco, forming the fascist puppet