New York Daily News Original 1942 Vintage Newspaper-AEF Seizes Oran: Blasts Casablanca-Wed. Nov 11,2942. Includes Wear and Tear. Not For Reading.11x17 inches The Naval Battle of Casablanca was a series of naval engagements fought between American ships covering the invasion of North Africa and Vichy French ships defending the neutrality of French Morocco in accordance with the Second Armistice at Compigne during World War II.[1] The last stages of the battle consisted of operations by German U-boats which had reached the area the same day the French troops surrendered.