Bombing of Italian fleet at Mers-el-Kébir

Target entity: Bombing of Italian fleet at Mers-el-Kébir
Context triple: [Force H, notableEngagement, Bombing of Italian fleet at Mers-el-Kébir]

• A. Battle of Mers-el-Kébir
  The Battle of Mers-el-Kébir was a 1940 World War II naval engagement off the coast of French Algeria in which the British Royal Navy attacked the French fleet to prevent it from falling into German hands.
• B. Attack on Taranto
  Attack on Taranto was a landmark World War II Royal Navy air raid in 1940 that demonstrated the effectiveness of carrier-based aircraft against battleships in harbor and influenced later operations such as the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
• C. Corfu Channel incident
  The Corfu Channel incident was a 1946 naval confrontation between the United Kingdom and Albania in the Strait of Corfu that led to significant loss of life and became a landmark case in international law before the International Court of Justice.
• D. Raid on St Nazaire
  The Raid on St Nazaire was a daring British commando attack in March 1942 that destroyed the vital Normandie dry dock in German-occupied France, crippling the Kriegsmarine’s ability to service large warships on the Atlantic coast.
• E. Scapa Flow raid
  The Scapa Flow raid was a daring World War II German submarine attack in October 1939 that penetrated the British Royal Navy’s main base in Orkney and sank the battleship HMS Royal Oak.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Bombing of Italian fleet at Mers-el-Kébir
Target entity description: The Bombing of the Italian fleet at Mers-el-Kébir was a World War II naval air attack in 1940 in which British forces struck Italian warships anchored in the Algerian port of Mers-el-Kébir to neutralize them as a potential threat.

• A. Battle of Mers-el-Kébir
  The Battle of Mers-el-Kébir was a 1940 World War II naval engagement off the coast of French Algeria in which the British Royal Navy attacked the French fleet to prevent it from falling into German hands.
• B. Attack on Taranto
  Attack on Taranto was a landmark World War II Royal Navy air raid in 1940 that demonstrated the effectiveness of carrier-based aircraft against battleships in harbor and influenced later operations such as the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
• C. Corfu Channel incident
  The Corfu Channel incident was a 1946 naval confrontation between the United Kingdom and Albania in the Strait of Corfu that led to significant loss of life and became a landmark case in international law before the International Court of Justice.
• D. Raid on St Nazaire
  The Raid on St Nazaire was a daring British commando attack in March 1942 that destroyed the vital Normandie dry dock in German-occupied France, crippling the Kriegsmarine’s ability to service large warships on the Atlantic coast.
• E. Scapa Flow raid
  The Scapa Flow raid was a daring World War II German submarine attack in October 1939 that penetrated the British Royal Navy’s main base in Orkney and sank the battleship HMS Royal Oak.
• F. None of above. chosen