About the book: year / The first part of the work about the French Navy in the Second World War. Covers the period before the British Operation Menace against Dakar. The second part, published in Russian for the first time, describes the operations of the French fleet in remote areas, Operation Torch, the self-sinking of the fleet in Toulon and the revival of the fleet. The reader will also be interested in the appendices. The book is written in a very biased manner. © Translation by I.P. Shmeleva© E.A. Granovsky. Comments to the 1st part, 1997© M.E. Morozov. Comments to the 2nd part© E.A. Granovsky, M.E. Morozov. Compilation and design, 1997