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Attack on Mers-El-Kebir

Attack on Mers-El-Kebir
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The attack on Mers-el-Kébir on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir, near Oran, on the coast of French Algeria.

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Timeline

  1. Altmark IncidentFebruary 16, 1940
  2. Attack on Mers-El-Kebir (this page)July 3, 1940
  3. East African CampaignJune 10, 1940 – November 27, 1941
  4. North African campaignJune 10, 1940 – May 16, 1943
  5. Operation WeserübungApril 9, 1940 – June 10, 1940
  6. World War II in the BalkansOctober 28, 1940 – June 1, 1941

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