Bill Whiteside discusses 'Operation Catapult' ...with TRE's Giles Brown
In July 1940, just weeks after France signed an armistice with Germany, Winston Churchill made one of World War II’s most shocking and controversial decisions: he ordered the Royal Navy to open fire on the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir, killing more than 1,200 of Britain’s recent allies.
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