Thank you Christopher and Jeff, your accounts have made sense of this image. Gerry.
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:56:34 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] NON MOG- war time poster To: [email protected] Bonjour, 'British betrayal' is the thing. In brief, in July 1940 with the capitulation of France, there was a risk for the Allies was that the French fleet might come under the control of the German navy and be ordered engage in operations against them, the Allies. Said French fleet was anchored in the harbour at Mers-El-Kebir in Algeria. The British fleet sailed up to the entrance of the port and invited the French to come over to their side. The French were under the orders of the Vichy government and the fleet's commanders refused to betray those orders. The British gave the French time to change their minds and then sunk or damaged a goodly part of the fleet, or at least most of it. There's a memorial to the French sailors in the cemetary at Brest. A couple of months later, the Allies tried to capture the port of Dakar in Senegal in order to install Free French troops there. The attempt failed. The 'betrayal' bit is a way of portraying what might be considered to be simple common sense, albeit tragic. The two incidents reinforced the age-old feeling in French minds of perfide Albion. But we love them still, don't we . . . Christopher. Amiens, France. From: Gerald Wallace <[email protected]> To: mogtalk2 <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 23:38 Subject: [mogtalk2] NON MOG- war time poster Can anybody explain this propaganda poster, recently seen in a French museum? My apologies for the poor quality, but it is obvious the figure looming at the back is Churchill. Gerry. View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Modify Your Subscription View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
