Operation Catapult: The Royal Navy’s day of infamy?

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Operation Catapult took place on July 3rd 1940 at Mers El Kebir on the Algerian coast. It remains a point of controversy in the relations between the British and the French. Who was to blame for the sinking of the French ships and deaths of French sailors? You be the judge.

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Halifax picture by Yousuf Karsh – [1] Dutch National Archives, The Hague, Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANEFO), 1945-1989 bekijk toegang 2.24.01.04 Bestanddeelnummer 902-2067, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37130836

Mers El Kabir under attack image by Jacques Mulard – Phototèque personnelle de l’auteur, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3914615
By Jacques Mulard – phototèque personnelle de l’auteur, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3914504

Map showing French fleet’s position by derivative work: Maxrossomachin – This SVG map includes elements from this map:, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31923321

MS 406 image by Martin Čížek – Martin Čížek, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49338819

Andrew Cunningham image by Yousuf Karsh – [1] Dutch National Archives, The Hague, Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANEFO), 1945-1989 bekijk toegang 2.24.01.04 Bestanddeelnummer 902-2069, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37131099

Cedrick Holland Image by Beadell, S J (Lt) – http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//451/media-451309/large.jpgThis photograph A 14068 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39599736

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