Battle of Mers-el-Kébir
Type: Concept
As of November 2026, Battle of Mers-el-Kébir has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Rest Is History (Dec 2025).
The attack on Mers-el-Kébir on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir, near Oran, on the coast of French Algeria. The attack was the main part of Operation Catapult, a British plan to neutralise or destroy French ships to prevent them from falling into German hands after the Allied defeat in the Battle of France. The British bombardment of the base killed 1,297 French servicemen, sank a battleship and damaged f
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Dec 2025 on The Rest Is History |
Who talks about Battle of Mers-el-Kébir on podcasts?
Tom Holland brought up Battle of Mers-el-Kébir; the most recent mention was Dec 2025 on The Rest Is History.
- Would Britain Have Beaten an Invasion in 1940? on The Rest Is History (Dec 2025) — Tom Holland
What is Battle of Mers-el-Kébir mentioned alongside?
Battle of Mers-el-Kébir is most often mentioned alongside Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, Joachim von Ribbentrop and Marshall Pétain.
Mentioned together: Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Marshall Pétain, Joseph Stalin, Portugal, Luftwaffe, Lord Halifax, Sir Max Hastings, Germany, Richard J. Evans