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Charles de Gaulle - A British naval attack on French Navy ships at the naval base

Time: Wednesday Jul 3, 1940

Place: Algeria

Details: De Gaulle initially reacted angrily to news of the Royal Navy's attack on the French fleet (3 July)at Mers El Kébir, at Oran, on the coast of French Algeria.

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