On July 3, 1940, the Royal Navy attacked and destroyed the French fleet at anchor in Mers-el-Kebir, a naval port west of the port of Oran in Algeria. When Germany invaded France in June of that year, the main French fleet took refuge in Mers-el-Kebir. Recognizing the imminent and grave danger that the fleet would fall into German hands and be used to attack the British mainland, Britain demanded that the French fleet commander either join Britain as an enemy against Germany, or, if he did not join, go to Britain under British supervision, or, if that was not acceptable, scuttle the fleet. However, when both of these requests were refused, Britain destroyed the French fleet by force. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
1940年7月3日イギリス海軍がアルジェリアのオラン港西方の軍港メルセルケビルに停泊中のフランス艦隊を攻撃,壊滅した事件。同年6月ドイツがフランスに侵攻したとき,フランスの主要艦隊はメルセルケビルに避難した。イギリスはこの艦隊がドイツの手に落ちてイギリス本土攻撃に利用される急迫した重大な危険を認め,フランス艦隊司令官に対し,ドイツを敵としてイギリスに加担せよ,加担しない場合は,イギリスの監督のもとにイギリスに行くか,これも認めない場合は自沈せよと,求めた。しかし,それらがいずれも拒否されたため,イギリスは実力でフランス艦隊を壊滅させた。
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