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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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