The French Fleet scuttled
27th November 1942: The Vichy French regime will not switch sides but at least prevent an important fleet of ships being seized by the Germans
The 'Vichy regime' in France had come to terms with Hitler following the occupation of France in 1940. Only half of France was occup…
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