Mers-el-Kébir
Type: Location
As of November 2026, Mers-el-Kébir has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Rest Is History (Dec 2025).
Mers El Kébir is a port on the Mediterranean Sea, near Oran in Oran Province, northwest Algeria. It is famous for the attack on the French fleet in 1940, in the Second World War.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Dec 2025 on The Rest Is History |
Who talks about Mers-el-Kébir on podcasts?
Tom Holland brought up 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 Mers-el-Kébir mentioned alongside?
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, Red Army, Luftwaffe, Lord Halifax, Sir Max Hastings, Germany, Richard J. Evans