On July 3, 1940, just two weeks after the French surrendered to the Nazis and the Vichy regime took over, the British faced a dire dilemma. They feared that the powerful French Navy would be seized and turned into a formidable asset for the Nazis.
To prevent this, Winston Churchill ordered the sinking of the main French naval squadron in the Mediterranean. This decisive action, followed by a smaller attack days later at the French naval base in Dakar and the disarming of a French maritime squadron in Alexandria, effectively eliminated the French Navy as a strategic factor in World War II.With these moves, the British – who at the time seemed on the brink of defeat at the hands of the Nazis – sent a clear signal to the world and to the Americans of their resolve.
ISRAEL SENT a similar signal this week to the world and the Jewish state’s many enemies. It has learned one of the key lessons of October 7 and will not sit back and allow an enemy bent on destroying it to build up immediately on its border with the capacity to do so.
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