Battle of Mers-el-Kébir

Target entity: Battle of Mers-el-Kébir
Context triple: [Vichy French forces, engagedIn, Battle of Mers-el-Kébir]

• A. Battle of Port Mahon
  The Battle of Port Mahon was a 1756 naval engagement in the Seven Years' War in which a French fleet defeated the British near Minorca, leading to the controversial court-martial and execution of Admiral John Byng.
• B. Battle of Cape Matapan
  The Battle of Cape Matapan was a major World War II naval engagement in March 1941 in which British and Allied forces decisively defeated the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean.
• C. Battle of Quiberon Bay
  The Battle of Quiberon Bay was a decisive 1759 naval engagement in which the British Royal Navy shattered the French fleet off the coast of Brittany, securing British control of the seas and thwarting a planned invasion of Britain.
• D. Battle of the Mediterranean
  The Battle of the Mediterranean was a major World War II theater of naval, air, and land operations between the Axis and Allied powers for control of the Mediterranean Sea and its vital supply routes.
• E. Battle of the River Plate
  The Battle of the River Plate was a World War II naval engagement in December 1939 in which British cruisers confronted and ultimately forced the scuttling of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the coast of Uruguay.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Battle of Mers-el-Kébir
Target entity description: 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.

• A. Battle of Port Mahon
  The Battle of Port Mahon was a 1756 naval engagement in the Seven Years' War in which a French fleet defeated the British near Minorca, leading to the controversial court-martial and execution of Admiral John Byng.
• B. Battle of Cape Matapan
  The Battle of Cape Matapan was a major World War II naval engagement in March 1941 in which British and Allied forces decisively defeated the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean.
• C. Battle of Quiberon Bay
  The Battle of Quiberon Bay was a decisive 1759 naval engagement in which the British Royal Navy shattered the French fleet off the coast of Brittany, securing British control of the seas and thwarting a planned invasion of Britain.
• D. Battle of the Mediterranean
  The Battle of the Mediterranean was a major World War II theater of naval, air, and land operations between the Axis and Allied powers for control of the Mediterranean Sea and its vital supply routes.
• E. Battle of the River Plate
  The Battle of the River Plate was a World War II naval engagement in December 1939 in which British cruisers confronted and ultimately forced the scuttling of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the coast of Uruguay.
• F. None of above. chosen