WW2 - destruction of the French fleet Flashcards
1
Q
When was the French fleet destroyed?
A
3rd July 1940
2
Q
Who was in command of the Naval Fleet in 1940?
A
French admiral Marcel Gensoul
3
Q
Name of the operation?
A
operation catapult
4
Q
how many French soldiers died?
A
1,300
5
Q
Why is Marcel Gensoul blamed?
A
He rejected an ultimatum presented by an emissary of his British opposite number, Admiral James Summerfield.
6
Q
What did David Brown (critic) name Marcel Gensoul’s “crucial error”?
A
He radioed the French Admiralty a report. In this, he left out a third option. This was the possibility of sailing under British control to either Antilles or the USA.
7
Q
A french man against the Operation Catapult?
A
Bernard Jacquet –> wrote about French opposition in 2000
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