Powerful French naval force destroyed by British navy in 1940 ww2 | Fall of France

Why did britain attack france in ww2
The Attack on Mers-el-Kébir Oran French Algerian port, on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War 2, was a British attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir, at Oran French Algeria. The attack known as Operation Catapult, British plan to neutralise or destroy French ships to prevent them from falling into German hands after the Allied defeat in the Battle of France. The attack destroyed French 5 ships and sank a battleship. It killed 1,297 French sailors and wounded 250 French. British loss of five aircraft shot down and two crewmen killed.
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