Regional1940

Battle of Dakar

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Senegal

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Dakar (1940), part of the World War II. Vichy France defeated Free France, United Kingdom.

Belligerents3

Vichy France
Free France
United Kingdom

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1939)

Conflict graph

PART OFWorld War II

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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