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[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]Calorie Rating: 63
Released: 2009-05-25
Running Time: 45 Minutes
Homepage: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/churchills-darkest-decision
Studios: Furnace,
The background to, events of and consequences of the Battle of Mers-El-Kebir on 3 July 1940. In that battle, Royal Navy ships fired on the French Fleet in order to prevent it from falling into German hands. A French battleship was sunk and several other ships damaged. Nearly 1,300 French sailors were killed.