“A HATEFUL DECISION”
Aug 05, 2021
3 minutes
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“CHURCHILL COULD NOT FULLY TRUST THE NEW VICHY GOVERNMENT AND WITH THE BRITISH EMPIRE NOW ALONE, DRASTIC MEASURES WERE REQUIRED”
The British naval attack on the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir, Algeria, was one of the most controversial military decisions of Churchill’s premiership. A strike against a former ally, Mers-el-Kébir resulted in the deaths of almost 1,300 French sailors and hardened the resolve of the newly established pro-German Vichy regime against Britain.
After the fall of France, the French signed an armistice with Nazi Germany on 22 June 1940. Article 8 stated: “The French
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