The consequences of Mers-el-Kébir rippled across the world. Vichy France condemned Britain, yet Charles de Gaulle showed ...
Sir Martin Gilbert is a leading historian and the author of 81 books, among them Churchill: A Life, and the multiple volumes of The Churchill War Papers. In 1995 he was knighted “for services to ...
Relatives of 1,297 French sailors killed by Britain in the Second World War want the UK to fund a memorial 80 years after the controversy. The attack at the Algerian port of Mers el Kebir was ordered ...
When the British dared to attack the neutral French forces stationed at Mers El Kebir in Algeria, the French sailors refused to surrender their ships and suffered significant damage and losses. The ...
Article link: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1951-04-01/mers-el-kebirhttps://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1951-04-01/mers-el-kebir ...