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'Do not forget Oran!', poster designed after the British Royal Navy attack on the French...

'Do not forget Oran!', poster designed after the British Royal Navy attack on the French fleet stationed at Me
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CHT289190
Image title
'Do not forget Oran!', poster designed after the British Royal Navy attack on the French fleet stationed at Mers-el-Kebir in Northwestern Algeria (colour litho)
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Artist
French School, (20th century) / French
Location
Musee d'Histoire Contemporaine, B.D.I.C., Paris, France
Medium
colour lithograph
Date
1940 AD (C20th AD)
Image description

N'oubliez pas Oran; after France was invaded by the Nazis, Winston Churchill ordered that the French Navy join forces with the British Navy or be neutralised to prevent attacks against Britain; a lack of trust in the Free France's ability to save its fleet from Nazis and failing negotiations pushed Britain to attack and destroy the fleet stationed at Mers-el-Kebir, the most powerful concentration of French warships at the time; most of the fleet was annihilated;

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© Archives Charmet / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
bombardment / soldier / operation catapult / north africa / sea / french flag / sinking / drowning / second world war / ww2 / wwii / tricolore

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