Fecha de lanzamiento
25 May, 2009
Tiempo de ejecución
00:45: (HH:MM)
Sinopsis
How and why Winston Churchill ordered the Royal Navy to attack the French fleet in July 1940.
The background to, events of and consequences of the Battle of Mers-El-Kebir on 3 July 1940. In that battle, Royal Navy ships fired on the French Fleet in order to prevent it from falling into German hands. A French battleship was sunk and several other ships damaged. Nearly 1,300 French sailors were killed.
Fotos
Richard Bond
