Churchill's Darkest Decision

The forgotten story of Winston Churchill's darkest decision: to destroy the French battle fleet rather than trust the French government's promise to never hand them over to Hitler

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    During World War II, in the summer of 1940, Winston Churchill faced a terrible dilemma…

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