It 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-r

It 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.