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On This Day - What happened 3 July 1940 AD

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  • Algeria
    Wednesday Jul 3, 1940
    Charles de Gaulle

    A British naval attack on French Navy ships at the naval base

    Algeria
    Wednesday Jul 3, 1940

    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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  • Mers El Kébir, French Algeria, North Africa (Present Day Algeria)
    Wednesday Jul 3, 1940
    World War II

    Attack on Mers-el-Kébir

    Mers El Kébir, French Algeria, North Africa (Present Day Algeria)
    Wednesday Jul 3, 1940

    France kept its fleet, which the United Kingdom attacked on 3 July in an attempt to prevent its seizure by Germany.



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