Mers El Kébir is a port on the Mediterranean Sea, near Oran in Oran Province, northwest Algeria. It is famous for the attack on the French fleet in 1940, in the Second World War.
View of Mers El Kébir
Mers El Kébir, 1881 by Eugène Trutat, French photographer.
Attack on Mers El Kébir, 3 July 1940
Old photograph of Cimetiere street
Oran is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria, after the capital, Algiers, because of its population and commercial, industrial and cultural importance. It is 432 km (268 mi) west-southwest from Algiers. The total population of the city was 803,329 in 2008, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1,500,000, making it the second-largest city in Algeria.
Image: Oran aerial view
Image: Oran, Mobilar
Image: Hotel Ville de Oran
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