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Turning point · The Road to War, 1931–1941
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3 Jul 1940 — Britain shells the French fleet at anchor in Algeria rather than risk it joining Hitler: 1,297 French sailors die in minutes. The ruthlessness convinces Washington that Britain means to fight on.
This is one scene of Chapter 9 — The Fall of the West in The Road to War, 1931–1941.
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