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On this day in 1942, French Admiral Jean de Laborde sinks the French fleet anchored in Toulon harbor, off the southern coast of France, in order to keep it out of German hands.

The Germans had no need of the French navy. The only direction a French warship goes is REVERSE !

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"The Germans had no need of the French navy. The only direction a French warship goes is REVERSE !"

Have you ever read about the French fleet that aided the rebels in the American Revolution?