The Attack Attack on Mers-el-Kébir ( 3 July 1940 ) also known as the Battle Military_operation of Mers-el-Kébir , was part of Operation Military_operation Catapult , a British naval attack Attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir on the coast of French Algeria .

The Attack Attack on Mers-el-Kébir ( 3 July 1940 ) also known as the Battle Military_operation of Mers-el-Kébir , was part of Operation Military_operation Catapult , a British naval attack Attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir on the coast of French Algeria .

After the attack Attack at Mers-el-Kébir and the Battle Military_operation of Dakar , French aircraft raided Attack Gibraltar in retaliation Revenge and Marshal Philippe Pétain , who had become Becoming the prime minister of France on 16 June , severed Process_end diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom .