Tucker, Spencer C.Nichols, Michael Ray, Jr.2019-10-112019-10-1120022002https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/33655For three days in September 1940 a large British naval squadron bombarded the French colonial city of Dakar, Senegal, with little success. The attack was preceded by an attempted peaceful landing by negotiators under a flag of truce. The fighting included a beach landing, exchanges of naval gunfire, and a steady but uncoordinated shelling of residential areas. While there were many civilian casualties in Dakar, the combined British-Free French mission failed largely because of the presence of the French battleship Richelieu and the will of Governor-General of French West Africa Pierre Boisson. This work details the role of Dakar and the French battleship Richelieu throughout World War II, especially focusing on the period following the fall of France in June 1940 through the attack that September. In an attempt to give a full history of the battle, it integrates social, diplomatic, political, and military aspects of the entire affair through interviews with an individual who witnessed the battle, memoirs of the major participants, published government papers, unpublished American diplomatic reports, unpublished Vichy French military accounts, and secondary sources.x, 256 leaves : mapsFormat: PrintengRichelieu (Ship)Dakar, Battle of, Dakar, Senegal, 1940Battleships--France--History--20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, FrenchWorld War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, BritishFrance--History, Naval--20th centuryTextMain Stacks: AS38 .N5215 (Regular Loan)Special Collections: AS38 .N5215 (Non-Circulating)