From Versailles to Mers el-Kébir : the promise of Anglo-French naval cooperation, 1919-40 /
Melton, George E., 1932-
From Versailles to Mers el-Kébir : the promise of Anglo-French naval cooperation, 1919-40 / George E. Melton. - xiii, 264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Toward a global imbalance -- Fascist aggression in the Mediterranean -- Tensions in Spanish waters -- The road to Nyon -- Solving a Mediterranean problem -- An informal naval entente -- From Nyon to Munich -- An Anglo-French naval alliance -- War on the periphery -- Twilight of the Anglo-French Naval Alliance -- Toward a violent solution -- Blunder at Mers el-Kébir -- The cover-up and after -- Conclusions.
"This book concerns itself with one of the most unlikely relationships in the two decades before World War II: the alliance of the Royal Navy and the French fleet. By the mid 1930s, both fleets had overextended themselves with global defense commitments, owing mainly to the collapse of the world war alliances and to an ominous shift in the balance of world naval power. To maximize their power, England and France combined their assets in a naval alliance. The union was not an altogether happy one, but it survived in one form or another until the British attack upon the French fleet at Mers el-Kébir in 1940. George E. Melton brings new insights to the diplomacy that led to this often strained cooperation, and reinterprets some of the most important events of early World War II"--
9781612518794 1612518796
2015017411
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Darlan, François, 1881-1942.
Somerville, James, 1882-1949.
Mers-el-Kebir, Attack on, 1940.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, British.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, French.
Naval strategy--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Mediterranean Sea.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--France.
France--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
D771 / .M45 2015
940.54/5941
From Versailles to Mers el-Kébir : the promise of Anglo-French naval cooperation, 1919-40 / George E. Melton. - xiii, 264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Toward a global imbalance -- Fascist aggression in the Mediterranean -- Tensions in Spanish waters -- The road to Nyon -- Solving a Mediterranean problem -- An informal naval entente -- From Nyon to Munich -- An Anglo-French naval alliance -- War on the periphery -- Twilight of the Anglo-French Naval Alliance -- Toward a violent solution -- Blunder at Mers el-Kébir -- The cover-up and after -- Conclusions.
"This book concerns itself with one of the most unlikely relationships in the two decades before World War II: the alliance of the Royal Navy and the French fleet. By the mid 1930s, both fleets had overextended themselves with global defense commitments, owing mainly to the collapse of the world war alliances and to an ominous shift in the balance of world naval power. To maximize their power, England and France combined their assets in a naval alliance. The union was not an altogether happy one, but it survived in one form or another until the British attack upon the French fleet at Mers el-Kébir in 1940. George E. Melton brings new insights to the diplomacy that led to this often strained cooperation, and reinterprets some of the most important events of early World War II"--
9781612518794 1612518796
2015017411
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Darlan, François, 1881-1942.
Somerville, James, 1882-1949.
Mers-el-Kebir, Attack on, 1940.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, British.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, French.
Naval strategy--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Mediterranean Sea.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--France.
France--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
D771 / .M45 2015
940.54/5941