Churchill's Darkest Decision
2009
7.0 (1)
45 min
English
How and why Winston Churchill ordered the Royal Navy to attack the French fleet in July 1940.
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The background to, events of and consequences of the Battle of Mers-El-Kebir on 3 July 1940. In that battle, Royal Navy ships fired on the French Fleet in order to prevent it from falling into German hands. A French battleship was sunk and several other ships damaged. Nearly 1,300 French sailors were killed.
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- world war ii
- royal navy
- winston churchill
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