Well, they would probably have tried, but as was demonstrated at Toulon two years later, the French scuttled their ships rather than let them fall into German hands. Peter
________________________________ From: Geoff Roberts <[email protected]> To: mogtalk2 <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 13:50 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 > > > >________________________________ > 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
