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The deal fell apart at the end of June, and by July the Brits bombed out the French navy (killing 1300) as the French refused to turn it over to the British. h
by roywiggins 7y ago
The deal fell apart at the end of June, and by July the Brits bombed out the French navy (killing 1300) as the French refused to turn it over to the British.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir
- emmelaich 7y agoYes! It would not have lasted long. > a British naval attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir on the coast of French Algeria. The bombardment killed 1,297 French servicemen, sank a battleship and damaged five other ships, for a British loss of five aircraft shot down and two crewmen killed.