Operation Catapult: Winston Churchill and the British Attack on the French Navy at Mers-El-Kébir - Hardcover
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Operation Catapult: Winston Churchill and the British Attack on the French Navy at Mers-El-Kébir
In July 1940, just weeks after France signed an armistice with Germany, Winston Churchill made one of World War II's most shocking and controversial decisions: he ordered the Royal Navy to open fire on the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir, killing more than 1,200 of Britain's recent allies. The Associated Press called it "the strangest of all naval actions in the world's history." Churchill feared...
Bill Whiteside, a member of the International Churchill Society, is a writer and researcher focused on Winston Churchill and the Royal Navy. He holds a BS in management from the University of Notre Dame and lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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