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Mers-El-Kébir 1940

Name: Mers-El-Kébir 1940
Brand: OSPREY PUB INC
SKU: 44599040
Price: 7652 HUF
Availability: InStock
Author: Adam Tooby
ISBN: 9781472859709

Adam Tooby

Language

English

Book Paperback

Libristo code: 44599040

Publishers OSPREY PUB INC, October 2024

A fascinating analysis of the World War II battle between Great Britain and France to ensure French... Full description

Libristo code: 44599040

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A fascinating analysis of the World War II battle between Great Britain and France to ensure French ships were kept out of German hands during World War II.

Following France''s armistice with the Axis powers, Great Britain realized that if Germany or Italy insisted upon the transfer of battleships, cruisers, and destroyers from the French Navy to the control of their own navies, the balance in the Mediterranean would immediately swing in their favour. Churchill decided that the Marine Nationale''s most powerful vessels would need to be secured through diplomacy, coercion, or force. The French Navy commander-in-chief was equally eager to keep their ships out of Axis hands, but he also did not want the British to have them. These increasingly hostile circumstances led to Operation Catapult, which began on 3 July 1940, and saw the two nations battle for the ships.

Expert naval historian Ryan Noppen analyses the Royal Navy Operation Catapult at Mers el-Kébir, the follow-up Operation Lever and the French retaliatory actions in the subsequent days. This book examines the rapid deterioration of Anglo-French relations and how the two former allies quickly fell into armed conflict. Fully illustrated with detailed maps, photographs and artwork that bring to life the British and French forces involved, it presents an engaging treatment of an often-forgotten episode early in World War II.