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    The attack on Mers-el-Kébir (Battle of Mers-el-Kébir) on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on neutral French Navy ships...
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    media related to Mers El Kebir. A plan of the Mers-el-Kébir anchorage (in French) Accueil Kébir (in French) MERS EL KEBIR 1940 Mers-el-Kebir – A Battle Between...
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  • Battle of Mers-el-Kébir or Mers-el-Kébir expedition may refer to: The Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1501) by Portugal. The Capture of Mers-el-Kébir (1505) by...
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    The Capture of Mers-el-Kébir on 13 September 1505 was the first campaign carried out by the Spanish Empire in its war against the Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen...
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    Dunkerque-class battleship (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    damaged in the Attack on Mers-el-Kébir in July, but Strasbourg escaped to Toulon, where she became the flagship of the Forces de haute mer (High Seas Forces)...
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    Mogador-class destroyer (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    Mogador and her sister Volta were present during the British attack on Mers-el-Kébir on 3 July 1940, but only Volta managed to escape to Toulon. Mogador...
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    military-bases of Oran and Mers el Kébir on the North African coast, occupied by Spain since 1505. The sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir of 1563 represented a...
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    French battleship Dunkerque (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    convoy escort duties. The ship was badly damaged during the British attack at Mers-el-Kébir after the Armistice that ended the first phase of France's participation...
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    deliver on his promise. This belief led to the British Attack on Mers-el-Kébir (Operation Catapult), where, on 3 July 1940 the Royal Navy attacked the French...
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  • bombardment and Attack on Mers-el-Kébir the 3 July 1940. Gensoul never commented on these events. "Marcel-Bruno Gensoul is Dead; Defied Churchill on Fleet in...
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    French destroyer Mogador (category Articles missing coordinates without coordinates on Wikidata)
    World War II. The ship was heavily damaged during the British attack on Mers-el-Kébir on 3 July 1940, but was later repaired and sailed to Toulon. She...
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  • of Mers-el-Kébir took place between the Spanish Empire, and the native Kingdom of Tlemcen, near, and around Mers-el-Kébir The city of Mers-el-Kébir was...
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    French battleship Strasbourg (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    and Dunkerque would remain at Mers-el-Kébir. The only test in battle for Strasbourg came in the attack on Mers-el-Kébir on 3 July. The British, misinterpreting...
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    enemy" of France. Such sentiments were exacerbated by the British Attack on Mers-el-Kébir, which caused great bitterness in France and went a great way towards...
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    Force H War Diary – 'admirals.org.uk' British Admiralty document on Mers-el-Kébir Action Destruction of the French Fleet at Mers El-Kebir – H.M.S. Hood...
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  • one of the battleships damaged by the British during their July Attack on Mers-el-Kébir, French Algeria, back to France in November. She was transferred...
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    Cedric Holland (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    operations. He was prominent in the negotiations in the run up to the Attack on Mers-el-Kébir in July 1940, when the French fleet refused to agree to terms to...
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  • one of the battleships damaged by the British during their July attack on Mers-el-Kébir, French Algeria, back to France in November and was then reduced...
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    Bretagne-class battleship (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    Bretagne and Provence were sunk by the British Royal Navy during the Attack on Mers-el-Kébir the following month; Provence was later raised and towed to Toulon...
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  • Battle of Quebec (1690) Attack on Mers-el-Kébir This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title English Attack. If an internal link led...
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    effectively ceased to exist as a separate unit after the British attack on Mers-el-Kébir. Battleships had been internationally perceived as the strategic...
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    action during the war, with Dunkerque being sunk during the British attack on Mers-el-Kébir to prevent her from being seized by the Germans. Bretagne and Provence...
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    Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    matter) and the British attacked the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir on 3 July 1940 and at the Battle of Dakar on 23 September 1940. On 8 November 1942 the...
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    warships commanded by Admiral James Somerville attacked French ships during the attack on Mers-el-Kébir in Algeria, sinking or crippling three battleships...
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  • Force H, based at Gibraltar, she bombarded French ships during the attack on Mers-el-Kébir. In May 1941 Hood and the battleship Prince of Wales were ordered...
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    HMS Foresight (H68) (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    mid-1940 and formed part of Force H where she participated in the attack on Mers-el-Kébir and the Battle of Dakar. The ship escorted numerous convoys to...
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    E and F-class destroyer (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    June and formed part of Force H where they participated in the attack on Mers-el-Kébir. Two months later they participated in the Battle of Dakar where...
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    James Somerville (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    of neutralizing the main element of the French battle fleet, then at Mers El Kébir in Algeria. After he had destroyed the French Battle fleet, Somerville...
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  • incident Fashoda Incident Levant Crisis 1993 Cherbourg incident Attack on Mers-el-Kébir Auld Alliance English Channel scallop fishing dispute Entente Cordiale...
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    carrier was sunk by surface gunnery. In the attack on Mers-el-Kébir, British battleships opened fire on the French battleships in the harbor near Oran...
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