Word: oran
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...capitulation of France made enemies out of allies. On these two pages are first official (French Government) pictures of the spectacular action which sealed that enmity-the Battle of Oran...
...skillful, stubborn fight against the Germans. They did not understand how Americans could regard the Petain administration as a German puppet. For their own part, they hated Hitler who beat them, Reynaud who led them to defeat, but most of all the British for attacking their fleet at Oran and Dakar...
...long days wore on the strain became greater. Altogether four people went out of their minds. . . ." But at Oran the refugees' hopes lifted, only to fall again as the news of France's surrender made the possibility of internment imminent. "The passengers were exhausted. The conditions were bad. With insufficient and unsuitable food there was danger of epidemic. Some of the older people were only just alive...
...boom in the harbor of Dakar. Smaller French warships lay there, too, to protect her, and all were well warned of an impending attack. For the Richelieu's commander had been signaled and had refused surrender terms similar to those offered Vice Admiral Gensoul for his squadron at Oran last fortnight. As the deadline approached in the small hours, the flag officer of the British detachment designated Broker Bristowe to lead an attack...
...Hood and the much-exercised aircraft carrier Ark Royal. They found no Italian warships at large but south of the Balearics they were attacked by swarms of Italian bombers, of which they shot down four, damaged three. Vice Admiral Sir James Fownes Somerville, hero of Dukirk and Oran, reported his ships unscathed, and Spanish observers who saw them return to Gibraltar after two days at sea made no mention of visible damage. Yet, as usual, the Italians claimed to have hit the Ark Royal's bridge with two big bombs, to have set afire the monster Hood...