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The answer is simple:

The UK has to attack France at least once a century and we realised it was almost half way through the 20th century

French soldiers when they get notified that friendly fire is on

Objective: SURVIVE

The British really did just pull a "Did you question my authority?" move.

Is nobody gonna talk about how well these ships were drawn ? Gotta love Simple History's works

USA : are you both friends?
UK and France : yes but actually no

British: *Attacks the French*
French: "I thought we were allies?!"
British: "Sorry, force of habit"

French: We´re best buddies, we were just allied together in this war, youre gonna leave us alone now and not attack us, right?
British: (loads cannon while sipping tea)
French: Right?

The US: Are you two friends?
France: Yes
The UK: No

My grand father was a sailor in Mers El Kebir, and as a native of North Africa he was asked to unload ammunition and remove the fire mechanism from the boat he was serving as part of the armistice agreement signed in June. When English fleet showed up he was not aboard his boat as the natives from North Africa were asked to stay in the harbor. I remember him explaining me that he saw the first salvo hitting oil reservoirs that leaked into the water, but the second salvo hitting shortly after hit directly the Bretagne which capsized in matter of few minutes. The sailors could not leave the boat and found themselves in the water, where oil started to burn. Many sailors had only one choice; drawning or being burnt alive. 1295 sailors were killed, mostly from the "Bretagne" with nearly 1,000 dead for that boat alone.

My grand father told me the story only once, he never liked to talk about war time and I understand now why. I think it is important that I'm sharing what I remember from that exchange with him that occurred almost 40 years ago. I visited the cemetery about 10 years ago.

Lol, that thumbnail is a masterpiece.

That definitely deserves to be in a museum…

The thumbnail is 100% historical accurate!
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“Why did the british attack the French”

Because that’s been Britain/England’s main foreign policy for the last thousand year

Old rivalry never seems to end.

My grandpa was among the french sailors of Mers El Kebir. He told me the British tried many times to prevent this attack by trying to convince the french admiral to join them to continue the fight against the nazis. He refused, and its fleet could have fallen into the axis powers hands. So the British destroyed it. My grandpa was arrested by British mps while on land just before the attack. He understood their decision and then served on the British side and continued the fight against the axis in North Africa. He was part of the first French SAS

"We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France."

- Duke of Wellington

As a Canadian, I dip my baguette in my tea

Simple, they were pissed off of seeing blue for 600 years...

If we were taught anything in history is that old wounds are never sealed

The British actually attacked the French a couple times in WW2, like the battle for Madagascar, where the British fought Vichy French forces all the way up the island. This lasted for a decent couple weeks in 1942