Force H
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Force H was a British naval formation during the Second World War. It was formed in late-June 1940, to replace French naval power in the western Mediterranean removed by the French armistice with Nazi
Force H off Gibraltar in 1940 by Rowland Langmaid
HMS Renown and HMS Ark Royal operating at sea in Force H. Photo taken from HMS Sheffield.
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