Talk:French battleship Jean Bart (1940)

Confusing
This article is rather confusing. First the ship goes to Casablanca to escape the Germans, and then it battles the United States, with no explanation given. Also, when the ship engaged in battle with the U.S., was it commanded and/or manned by the French? If it was either commanded or manned by the French, why did they go along with it? -- Kjkolb 08:14, 28 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Added links to Vichy government and Operation Torch that should help clarify the issue. PpPachy 21:35, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Contains the statement that it was sunk by a U-Boat - this is confusing at it refers to a cargo ship transporting a gun turret. 86.141.195.149 (talk) 18:37, 9 March 2010 (UTC)RogerStones

The battleship Jean Bart escaped from Saint-Nazaire on June 19, some days before the French Governement signed the 1940 Armistice with the Germans. The French Navy, in most cases, respected the 1940 Armistice, and refused to rally the the British Forces or the Free French Forces. Thence, fierce struggles occured with the British Forces, and sometimes the General de Gaulle's Free French Forces, as Operation Catapult with the attacks of Mers-el kébir (1940,July 3-6) and Dakar (1940, July 8), Operation Menace and the battle of Dakar (1940, September 23-25), off Lebanon and Syria (1941), Operation Ironclad against Madagascar (1942 May).The battle of Casablanca was for the French Navy the last episode of the struggle with the Allies, as the French Naval forces overseas (except in Indochina, under Japanese control) joined the Allies, between November 1942 and July 1943.Paul-Pierre Valli (talk) 11:44, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Decommissioning
In the introduction it says the ship was decommissioned in 1961. The Post war active service section does not mention 1961 at all, and instead says it happened in 1968. Which date is correct? Delta 51 (talk) 22:19, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

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