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The Road to Oran - Anglo-French Naval Relations, September 1939-July 1940 (Paperback)
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The Road to Oran - Anglo-French Naval Relations, September 1939-July 1940 (Paperback)
Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History
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On 3 July 1940, soon after the collapse of the French front and
France's request for an armistice, a reluctant Royal Navy commander
opened fire on the French Navy squadron at Mers-el-Kebir. Some
1,300 French sailors lost their lives. The late David Brown's
detailed account finally conveys an objective understanding of the
course of events that led up to this tragedy. This new book makes
extensive use of primary sources such as correspondence, reports
and signals traffic, from the British Cabinet to the admirals, the
commanders-in-chief and the liaison officers. It shows how the
driving force behind this extraordinary event was the British
government's determination that the French Fleet would never fall
into the hands of the Axis powers. A combination of mistrust,
dissembling, poor communications and outright enmity over the
preceding month had catastrophic results, both for the individuals
concerned and for the future of Franco-British naval relations.
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