Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
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The attack on Mers-el-Kébir on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir, near Oran, on the coast of French Algeria.
The battleship Strasbourg under fire
Modern view of the harbour at Mers El Kébir in Algeria
French photograph of the bombardment
Bretagne on fire, still under bombardment
Battle of Dakar
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The Battle of Dakar, also known as Operation Menace, was an unsuccessful attempt in September 1940 by the Allies to capture the strategic port of Dakar in French West Africa. It was hoped that the suc
Rangefinder of the French coastal battery of 240 mm from the Danton-class pre-dreadnoughts, at Gorée Island, Dakar
HMS Ark Royal with a flight of Fairey Swordfish
HMS Barham
Richelieu behind torpedo nets in Dakar in 1940