Quote Originally Posted by Ludens View Post
I am not sure of this, but wasn't the French navy knocked out of the war by an sneak-attack of Royal navy shortly after France capitulated?

I agree completely about Seelowe, by the way.
Mers el Kebir, when the french refused to surrender to the british navy, and the british feared their ships would fall into german hands.

Wasn`t totally a blunder, rather a very painful but neccessary move...