Anniversaries: What if….?

Today marks the 70th anniversary of General Charles De Gaulle's broadcast to France, from London, in which he urged the French people to continue resisting the Nazi invaders, even though their country had been over-run.

The French Battle fleet, hearing this, dithered. This forced the British fleet to sink the whole lot, fearing that those powerful battleships would be taken over by the Nazis. It was a slaughter, but done to prevent worse things in the future -specifically the blockading and s...