But just to make sure... Churchill was merely trying to stop the Germans from
being led into temptation. How very thoughtful of him.
Regards,
Owen in rainy Aboyne.
----- Original Message -----
From: Geoff Roberts
To: mogtalk2
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] NON MOG- war time poster
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
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