July 3, 1940 –
(More things you were never taught)
Following the German invasion and occupation of France, French warships fled to the port of Mers-el-Kebir in Algeria. Britain gave the french Vichy government the options of the following for it’s French Navy:
- Join British naval forces in the fight against Germany.
- Hand the ships over to British crews.
- Disarm the French Navy Ships.
- Scuttle the ships.
The French refused, so Britain fearing the French Ships would be used by the Germans to help with an invasion of England circled the port with British Warships and opened fire on the French fleet, killing 1,250 French sailors, damaging the battleship Dunkerque and destroying the Bretagne and the Provence.
And so it goes
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