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.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Toward a global imbalance
Fascist aggression in the Mediterranean
Tensions in Spanish waters
The road to Nyon
Solving a Mediterranean problem
An informal naval entente
From Nyon to Munich
An Anglo-French naval alliance
War on the periphery
Twilight of the Anglo-French naval alliance
Toward a violent solution
Blunder at Mers el-Kébir
The cover-up and after
Conclusions.