 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaita chirongwa codenamed Operation Catapultkuti ngarava dzeBritain, dzakanyorwa Simba H uye dzakavakirwa muGibraltar, dziende kuchiteshi cheMers-el-Kébir, padyo neOran muAlgeria, uko ngarava huru ina nedzimwe ngarava dzaive dzakamiswa, kuitira kuti vakurudzire Admiral Marcel-Bruno Gensoul kusateerera mirairo kubva kuVichy uye kuti ngarava dzake dzifambe kuenda kumvura dzeBritain kana kune idzo dzenyika dzeFrance muFar East kana kunyangwe kuUSA ichiri isina kwayakarerekera nechinangwa chekudzivirira kuti isashandiswe kurwisa maAllies. Chibvumirano chacho chakarambwa zvakasimba, saka Admiral James Somerville weRoyal Navy akapa murayiro wokuparadza ngarava dzeFrance. Vafambisi vengarava vanopfuura 2 000 vanonzi vakafa pakurwiswa uku, kwakaitwa musi wa3 Chikunguru 1940, uko kwakaona ngarava imwe yehondo yakanyura uye dzimwe mbiri dzakakanganiswa zvakanyanya. Chiitiko chacho sezvataigona kufungidzira chakakatyamadza vaFrance uye chakapa vaGermany chishandiso chendarama chokuparadzira nhema kuti vanyengedze vaBritain sevavengi vechokwadi veFrance. 