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

3rd July 2020
Tagged as: Algeria, Axis Alliance, Battle of the Atlantic, Britain, Churchill, France, Mers-el-Kebir, Navy, Nazi, Second World War, Ship, Vichy

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

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10th July 1940: The Vichy government established in France

10th July 2019
Tagged as: France, Germany, Hitler, Occupation, Petain, Second World War, Vichy

The Vichy government was established in France after the National Assembly approved a new French Constitutional Law that granted full powers to Marshal Pétain.

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

10th July 1940: The Vichy government established in France

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8th March 1910: First female pilot’s license awarded to French actress Raymonde de Laroche

29th June 1613: The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground

25th January 1947: Patent filed for the first interactive electronic game

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

7th July 1911: North Pacific Fur Seal Convention signed for wildlife conservation

6th July 1892: The Homestead Strike sees Pinkerton agents fight striking steelworkers

5th July 1946: The bikini swimsuit introduced four days after a Bikini Atoll atomic test

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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