Battle of Dakar information

Battle of Dakar
	Part of World War II
Date	23–25 September 1940; (2 days)
Location	Off Dakar, French West Africa
Result	Vichy French victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; Free France; Australia;	Vichy France French West Africa;
Commanders and leaders
John Cunningham; Charles de Gaulle;	Pierre Boisson
Strength
1 aircraft carrier; 2 battleships; 5 cruisers; 10 destroyers; 22+ aircraft; 180 troops;	1 battleship; 2 cruisers; 4 destroyers; 3 submarines; coastal emplacements; 6+ aircraft;
Casualties and losses
2 battleships damaged; 2 cruisers damaged; 6 torpedo planes lost	1 destroyer grounded; 2 submarines sunk; 1 battleship damaged; Danish freighter MS Tacoma sunk; 100 dead; 182 wounded; 84 civilians dead; 197 civilians wounded

The Battle of Dakar, also known as Operation Menace, was an unsuccessful attempt in September 1940 by the Allies to capture the strategic port of Dakar in French West Africa (modern-day Senegal). It was hoped that the success of the operation could overthrow the pro-German Vichy French administration in the colony, and be replaced by a pro-Allied Free French one under General Charles de Gaulle.

^ Smith, Colin (2010). England's Last War Against France: Fighting Vichy 1940-1942. London: Phoenix. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-7538-2705-5.
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^ Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945 – The Naval History of World War Two. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-59114-119-8.
^ Jordan, John; Dumas, Robert (2009). French Battleships 1922–1956. Barnsley: Seaforth Punblishing. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-84832-034-5.
^ Williams, 152-154

[1] Smith, Colin (2010). England's Last War Against France: Fighting Vichy 1940-1942. London: Phoenix. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-7538-2705-5.

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[4] Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945 – The Naval History of World War Two. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-59114-119-8.

[5] Jordan, John; Dumas, Robert (2009). French Battleships 1922–1956. Barnsley: Seaforth Punblishing. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-84832-034-5.

[6] Williams, 152-154

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