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Yes that's correct. According to the documentary, "Secrets of the Dead: Churchill's Deadly Decision", as a last desperate attempt to get some support from the A
by 5_minutes 10y ago
Yes that's correct. According to the documentary, "Secrets of the Dead: Churchill's Deadly Decision", as a last desperate attempt to get some support from the Americans. Who had been promising reinforcements for quite some time, but eventually did very little until the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
Churchill's fun.
And Reagan is also just fun.
Even for his quotes, which are called "Reaganisms".
- dingaling 10y agoIt wasn't quite as 'desperate' and unique an action against the Vichy as is often portrayed, bearing in mind that two years later British forces invaded Vichy-ruled Madagascar with no-holds-barred battles against the French forces there. https://www.combinedops.com/MADAGASCAR.htm https://www.combinedops.com/MADAGASCAR.htm There were also extensive operations by the British against the Vichy in Syria and Lebanon, and there again both sides were ruthless.