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3rd July 1940: British navy attacks the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir

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British naval ships attacked the French Navy at Mers-el-Kébir in Algeria during the Second World War.

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#Algeria
#Axis Alliance
#Battle of the Atlantic
#Britain
#Churchill
#France
#Mers-el-Kebir
#Navy
#Nazi
#Second World War
#Ship
#Vichy

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