Regional1940

Battle of Mers el Kebir

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Algeria

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Mers el Kebir (1940), part of the World War II. United Kingdom defeated France.

Belligerents2

United Kingdom
France

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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Cite as: Battle of Mers el Kebir (1940). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-mers-el-kebir-1940 · Sources & methodology