(Gengchen June eighth day), July 12, 1940, the British wiped out the French fleet in Algeria. the the


launched by German torpedo hit the French army in North Africa Fleet shot fire
naval battle took place in July 1940 in the Mediterranean, destined to lead to the deterioration of relations between France and Britain, and frustrated efforts to contain Hitler. British Navy warship moored in Algeria Kebir Harbor fire and sinking ships. About 1,000 French sailors were killed.
Winston Churchill has been worried that the vessel did not join the resistance movement of General de Gaulle German requisition. He did not realize that the Frenchman has been ordered to take off the ship sank These can not resist the attacks of the German battleship. When Frenchman bound for the United States and the British ultimatum to ignore British to the French army, the British opened fire.