Allegiance France Service/branch French Navy | Name Marcel-Bruno Gensoul Battles/wars Mers-el-Kebir | |
Died December 30, 1973, Paris, France Similar People James Somerville, Francois Darlan, Andrew Cunningham - 1st Visco | ||
Battles and wars Attack on Mers-el-Kebir | ||
Marcel-Bruno Gensoul (12 October 1880 – 30 December 1973) was a French admiral who commanded the Force de Raid, based at Brest until the French surrender in 1940. At that time, the force was transferred to Mers El Kébir in French North Africa.
Gensoul was subsequently involved in unsuccessful negotiations with the British admiral, James Somerville, which culminated in the bombardment and destruction of the French Fleet on 3 July 1940. Gensoul never commented on these events.
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