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63 relations: Aircraft carrier, Allies of World War II, Armistice of 22 June 1940, Arms race, Atlantic Ocean, Attack on Mers-el-Kébir, Axis powers, Battle of Taranto, Battle of the River Plate, Battlecruiser, Battleship, Brest, France, British Isles, Capital ship, Casablanca, Cruiser, Dakar, Destroyer, Deutschland-class cruiser, Dunkerque-class battleship, French aircraft carrier Béarn, French battleship Dunkerque, French battleship Strasbourg, French cruiser Georges Leygues, French cruiser Gloire (1935), French cruiser Montcalm, French destroyer L'Audacieux, French destroyer L'Indomptable, French destroyer Le Fantasque, French destroyer Le Malin, French destroyer Le Terrible, French destroyer Le Triomphant, French destroyer Mogador, French destroyer Volta, Gabriel Auphan, German battleship Bismarck, German battleship Gneisenau, German battleship Scharnhorst, German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, German cruiser Deutschland, Hervé Cras, Italian battleship Andrea Doria, Italian battleship Caio Duilio, Italian battleship Conte di Cavour, Italian battleship Giulio Cesare, Italian battleship Littorio, Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto, Italy, Kingston, Jamaica, Kriegsmarine, ..., La Galissonnière-class cruiser, Le Fantasque-class destroyer, Marcel-Bruno Gensoul, Mers El Kébir, Mogador-class destroyer, Royal Navy, Scharnhorst-class battleship, Strait of Gibraltar, Toulon, Washington Naval Conference, West Indies, Winston Churchill, World War II. Expand index (13 more) »
Aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.
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Allies of World War II
The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945).
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Armistice of 22 June 1940
The Armistice of 22 June 1940 was signed at 18:36.
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Arms race
An arms race, in its original usage, is a competition between two or more states to have the best armed forces.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.
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Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
The Attack on Mers-el-Kébir (3 July 1940) also known as the Battle of Mers-el-Kébir, was part of Operation Catapult.
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Axis powers
The Axis powers (Achsenmächte; Potenze dell'Asse; 枢軸国 Sūjikukoku), also known as the Axis and the Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, were the nations that fought in World War II against the Allied forces.
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Battle of Taranto
The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11–12 November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under Admiral Andrew Cunningham, and Italian naval forces, under Admiral Inigo Campioni.
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Battle of the River Plate
The Battle of the River Plate was the first naval battle in the Second World War and the first one of the Battle of the Atlantic in South American waters.
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Battlecruiser
The battlecruiser, or battle cruiser, was a type of capital ship of the first half of the 20th century.
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Battleship
A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of large caliber guns.
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Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère département in Brittany.
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British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and over six thousand smaller isles.
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Capital ship
The capital ships of a navy are its most important warships; they are generally the larger ships when compared to other warships in their respective fleet.
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Casablanca
Casablanca (ad-dār al-bayḍāʾ; anfa; local informal name: Kaẓa), located in the central-western part of Morocco bordering the Atlantic Ocean, is the largest city in Morocco.
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Cruiser
A cruiser is a type of warship.
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Dakar
Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal.
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Destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller powerful short-range attackers.
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Deutschland-class cruiser
The Deutschland class was a series of three Panzerschiffe ("armored ships"), a form of heavily armed cruiser, built by the Reichsmarine officially in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles.
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Dunkerque-class battleship
The Dunkerque-class battleship was a type of warship constructed for the French Navy in the 1930s.
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French aircraft carrier Béarn
Béarn was a French aircraft carrier.
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French battleship Dunkerque
Dunkerque was the lead ship of the of battleships built for the French Navy in the 1930s.
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French battleship Strasbourg
Strasbourg was the second and last battleship of the built for the French Navy before World War II.
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French cruiser Georges Leygues
Georges Leygues was a French light cruiser of the.
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French cruiser Gloire (1935)
Gloire was a French light cruiser of the.
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French cruiser Montcalm
Montcalm was a French, named in honour of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm.
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French destroyer L'Audacieux
L'Audacieux ("The audacious one") was a large destroyer (contre-torpilleur, "Torpedo-boat destroyer") of the French Navy used during the Second World War.
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French destroyer L'Indomptable
L'Indomptable ("The indomitable one") was a ''Le Fantasque''-class large destroyer (contre-torpilleur, "torpedo-boat destroyer") of the French Navy, which served in World War II.
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French destroyer Le Fantasque
Le Fantasque ("The capricious one") was a large destroyer ("contre-torpilleur", "torpedo boat destroyer") of the French Navy which served during the Second World War.
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French destroyer Le Malin
Le Malin ("The malign one") was a large destroyer (contre-torpilleur, "Torpedo-boat destroyer") of the French Navy which served during the Second World War.
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French destroyer Le Terrible
Le Terrible ("The terrible one") was a large destroyer (contre-torpilleur, "Torpedo-boat destroyer") of the French Navy in service during World War II.
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French destroyer Le Triomphant
Le Triomphant ("The triumphant one") was a ''Le Fantasque'' class destroyer of the French Navy.
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French destroyer Mogador
Mogador was the lead ship of the French Navy's of destroyers (contre-torpilleur).
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French destroyer Volta
Volta was a (contre-torpilleur) of the French Navy.
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Gabriel Auphan
Counter-admiral Gabriel Paul Auphan (November 4, 1894, Alès – April 16, 1982) (Gabriel Auphan) was a French naval officer who became the State Secretary of the Navy (secrétaire d'État à la Marine) of the Vichy government from April to November 1942.
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German battleship Bismarck
Bismarck was the first of two s built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine.
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German battleship Gneisenau
Gneisenau was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine.
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German battleship Scharnhorst
Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine.
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German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee
Admiral Graf Spee was a "Panzerschiff" (armored ship), nicknamed a "pocket battleship" by the British, which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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German cruiser Deutschland
Deutschland was the lead ship of her class of heavy cruisers (often termed a pocket battleship) which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Hervé Cras
Hervé Cras (7 August 1910 – 2 November 1980) was a French military and naval historian, who wrote under the pseudonym Jacques Mordal.
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Italian battleship Andrea Doria
Andrea Doria was the lead ship of her class of battleships built by the Regia Marina (Royal Navy).
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Italian battleship Caio Duilio
Caio Duilio was an Italian that served in the Regia Marina during World War I and World War II.
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Italian battleship Conte di Cavour
Conte di Cavour was the name ship of the three s built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1910s.
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Italian battleship Giulio Cesare
Giulio Cesare was one of three dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1910s.
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Italian battleship Littorio
Littorio was the lead ship of her class of battleship; she served in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War II.
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Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto
Vittorio Veneto was the second member of the that served in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War II.
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Italy
Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.
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Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island.
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Kriegsmarine
The Kriegsmarine (literally "War Navy") was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945.
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La Galissonnière-class cruiser
The La Galissonnière-class cruisers were commissioned by the French Navy in the 1930s.
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Le Fantasque-class destroyer
The Le Fantasque class of six large, very fast destroyers (also referred to as the Malin class) was ordered under the French naval programme of 1930.
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Marcel-Bruno Gensoul
Marcel-Bruno Gensoul (12 October 1880 – 30 December 1973) was a French admiral who commanded the Force de Raid, based at Brest until the French surrender in 1940.
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Mers El Kébir
Mers El Kébir (المرسى الكبير, "The Great Harbor") is a port on the Mediterranean Sea, near Oran in Oran Province, northwest Algeria.
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Mogador-class destroyer
The Mogador-class large destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) of the French Navy were laid down in 1935 and commissioned in 1939.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.
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Scharnhorst-class battleship
The Scharnhorst class were the first capital ships, referred to as either battleships or battlecruisers, built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine after World War I. The class comprised two vessels: and.
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Strait of Gibraltar
The Strait of Gibraltar (مضيق جبل طارق, Estrecho de Gibraltar) is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Gibraltar and Peninsular Spain in Europe from Morocco and Ceuta (Spain) in Africa.
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Toulon
Toulon (Provençal: Tolon (classical norm), Touloun (Mistralian norm)) is a city in southern France and a large military harbour on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base.
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Washington Naval Conference
The Washington Naval Conference, also called the Washington Arms Conference or the Washington Disarmament Conference, was a military conference called by U.S. President Warren G. Harding and held in Washington, D.C., from 12 November 1921 to 6 February 1922.
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West Indies
The West Indies or the Caribbean Basin is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean in the Caribbean that includes the island countries and surrounding waters of three major archipelagoes: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago.
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Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_de_Raid
