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- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir abstract "The Attack on Mers-el-Kébir, part of Operation Catapult and also known as the Battle of Mers-el-Kébir, was a British naval bombardment of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) at its base at Mers-el-Kébir on the coast of what was then French Algeria on 3 July 1940. The raid resulted in the deaths of 1,297 French servicemen, the sinking of a battleship and the damaging of five other ships. The combined air-and-sea attack was conducted by the Royal Navy as a direct response to the French-German armistice of 22 June, which had seen Britain's sole continental ally replaced by a collaborationist, pro-Nazi government administrated from Vichy. The new Vichy government had also inherited the considerable French naval force of the Marine Nationale; of particular significance were the seven battleships of the Bretagne, Dunkerque and Richelieu classes, which collectively represented the second largest force of capital ships in Europe behind the British. Since Vichy was seen by the British (with a good deal of justification) as a mere puppet state of the Nazi regime, there was serious fear that they would surrender or loan the ships to the Kriegsmarine, an outcome which would largely undo Britain's tenuous grasp on European naval superiority and confer a major Axis advantage in the ongoing Battle of the Atlantic. Despite promises from Vichy Admiral of the Fleet François Darlan that the fleet would remain under French control and out of the hands of the Germans, Winston Churchill, still reeling from Dunkirk and stung by the Vichy French collaboration, determined that the fleet was simply too dangerous to remain intact, French sovereignty notwithstanding.In response to the British attack at Mers-el-Kébir and another at Dakar, the French mounted air raids on Gibraltar. The Vichy government also severed diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom. The attack remains controversial. It created much rancour between Vichy France and Britain, but it also demonstrated to the world and to the United States in particular, Britain's commitment to continue the war with Germany at all costs and without allies if need be.A great deal of debate has taken place over the motivations of the British. P. M. H. Bell argues that from London's point of view: The times were desperate; invasion seemed imminent; and the British government simply could not afford to risk the Germans seizing control of the French fleet.... The predominant British motive was thus dire necessity and self-preservation.The French on the other hand, thought they were acting honorably in terms of their armistice with Germany, and were fully convinced they would never turn over their fleet to Germany. French grievances over what they considered a betrayal by their ally festered for generations.".
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- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir caption "Battleship Strasbourg under fire.".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir casualties "1".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir casualties "1297".
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- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir casualties "3".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir casualties "350".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir casualties "6".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir combatant "France".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir combatant "United Kingdom".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir commander "Dudley Pound".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir commander "François Darlan".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir commander "James Somerville".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir commander "Marcel-Bruno Gensoul".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir conflict "Attack on Mers-el-Kébir".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir date "1940-07-03".
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- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir partof "the Battle of the Mediterranean of World War II".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir place "Off Mers-el-Kébir, French Algeria, North Africa".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir result "Disabling of the French flotilla of Mers-el-Kébir".
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- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir comment "The Attack on Mers-el-Kébir, part of Operation Catapult and also known as the Battle of Mers-el-Kébir, was a British naval bombardment of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) at its base at Mers-el-Kébir on the coast of what was then French Algeria on 3 July 1940. The raid resulted in the deaths of 1,297 French servicemen, the sinking of a battleship and the damaging of five other ships.".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir label "Aanval op Mers-el-Kébir".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir label "Atac a Mers el-Kebir".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir label "Attack on Mers-el-Kébir".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir label "Bataille de Mers el-Kébir".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir label "Batalla de Mers el-Kebir".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir label "Distruzione della flotta francese a Mers-el-Kébir".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir label "Mers-el-Kebir Deniz Muharebesi".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir label "Serangan Mers-el-Kébir".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir label "Útok na Mers-el-Kébir".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir label "Нападение на Мерс-эль-Кебир".
- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir label "メルセルケビール海戦".
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- Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir depiction Croiseur_de_bataille_Strasbourg_03-07-1940.jpg.
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