And of course the Germans would never have broken the agreement and used the ships against the Allies……..
On 18 Jul 2012, at 13:21, Peter Robins wrote: > Other than the fact that as part of the French/German armistice deal, the > French ships would remain in harbour - with minimum fuel - and used by > nobody. Churchill's ultimatum was that the ships in Dakar and Mers-el-Kébir > be handed over immediately or sail to America (which would have amounted to > the same thing, even though America wasn't yet "officially" at war with the > Axis). > > When they didn't comply, the ships were attacked and destroyed, and the > German propaganda coup was that thirteen hundred French "caretaker" sailors > had been needlessly killed. > > History is written by the victors, ask any Channel Islander what they think > of Churchill. > > Peter > > ------------------------------------------- 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
