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From Versailles to Mers el-Kébir : the promise of Anglo-French naval cooperation, 1919-40 /

This book concerns itself with one of the most unlikely relationships in the two decades before World War II, the alliance of the Royal Navy and the French fleet. By the mid 1930s, both fleets had overextended themselves with global defense commitments, owing mainly to the collapse of the world war...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Melton, George E., 1932- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Mers-el-Kebir, Attack on, 1940.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, British.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, French.
Naval strategy > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > France.
France > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965.
Darlan, François, > 1881-1942.
Somerville, James, > 1882-1949.
World War, 1939-1945 > Mediterranean Sea.
HISTORY / Military / Naval.
HISTORY / Military / Other.

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