016 FRENCH NAVY 1939-42: The Marine Nationale in World War II

An authoritative, illustrated analysis of the official French Navy in World War II, under the command of the Third Republic and of Vichy. Presents a sharp, focused operational study of the official French Navy in World War II, from action alongside its British allies in 1939-40 to the fiery end of the Vichy fleet in Toulon harbor in 1942. Based on a wealth of French, British, and American archive material and drawing on the author's years of research, it explores France's warships and their capabilities, the roles the fleet was structured to perform, and the combat they saw -- including operations off Norway and tackling German raiders in the Atlantic, operations in Indochina, and the battle with the Allies in Operation Torch. Illustrated throughout with 40 archive photos and 15 pages of original color illustrations.