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The Deadly Stroke

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

On 3 July 1940 the Royal Navy attacked and largely destroyed the French Fleet as it lay at its moorings in the harbour of Mers-el-Kebir.
Warren Tute traces the events which tragically and inevitably led to this confrontation which the French regarded as murderous aggression and the British as a grim but unavoidable necessity.
With CAPITAINE BERNARD DUFAY ; CAPTAIN G. H. PETERS , DSC, RN; COMMANDER W. J. FARRELL , OBE, DSC. RN; REAR ADMIRAL T. L. EDDISON , CB, DSO; and the recorded voice of WINSTON
CHURCHILL.
Readers JOHN SAMSON and ROGER avon
Producer HELEN FRY

Contributors

Unknown:
Warren Tute
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Capitaine Bernard Dufay
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Captain G. H. Peters
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W. J. Farrell
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Admiral T. L. Eddison
Readers:
John Samson
Readers:
Roger Avon
Producer:
Helen Fry
Source: Radio Times

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