{"id":48221,"date":"2019-05-06T04:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=48221"},"modified":"2019-12-18T11:21:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T16:21:29","slug":"mers-el-kebir-when-the-british-blew-up-the-french-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/05\/06\/mers-el-kebir-when-the-british-blew-up-the-french-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"Mers El Kebir: When The British Blew Up the French Fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a3_WBidGW9E\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Historigraph<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Published on 4 May 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join us in #WarThunder for free using this link and get a premium tank or aircraft and three days of premium time as a bonus: <a href=\"https:\/\/gjn.link\/Historigraph\/190504\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/gjn.link\/Historigraph\/190504<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoyed this video and want to see more made, consider supporting my efforts on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/historigraph\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/historigraph<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To chat history, join my discord: <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/vAFTK2D\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/vAFTK2D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#WarThunder #MersElKebir  #Historigraph<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/historigraph\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/historigraph<\/a><br \/>\n\u25baPatreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/historigraph\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/historigraph<\/a><br \/>\n\u25baDiscord: <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/vAFTK2D\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/vAFTK2D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources: <\/p>\n<p>Colin Smith, <em>England\u2019s Last War Against France: Fighting Vichy 1940-42<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Roskill, <em>Churchill and the Admirals<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Correli Barnett, <em>Engage the enemy more closely<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=a3_WBidGW9E&#038;redir_token=W5lAlXtM5sdX1cXud2Ty3joCC9l8MTU1NzE0NjQ2MEAxNTU3MDYwMDYw&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Favalon.law.yale.edu%2Fwwii%2Ffrgearm.asp&#038;event=video_description\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/wwii\/frgea&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Music: <\/p>\n<p>Rynos Theme, Incompetech <a href=\"https:\/\/incompetech.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/incompetech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Malicious, Incompetech <a href=\"https:\/\/incompetech.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/incompetech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crypto, Incompetech <a href=\"https:\/\/incompetech.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/incompetech.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historigraph Published on 4 May 2019 Join us in #WarThunder for free using this link and get a premium tank or aircraft and three days of premium time as a bonus: https:\/\/gjn.link\/Historigraph\/190504 If you enjoyed this video and want to see more made, consider supporting my efforts on Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/historigraph To chat history, join my 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