Description: This photograph, taken during the attack on the Dunkerque, shows direct hits being scored on the vessel, with another cluster of bombs on its way.
While the prime objective of operations against Toulon was the destruction of submarine pens and submarines afloat, additional widespread damage was inflicted upon harbor installations and naval vessels which, while rendered unseaworthy by the French when the fleet was scuttled at Toulon, could be used as a platform for heavy naval guns. Outstanding among such vessels was the battleship Dunkerque, shown in this reconnaissance photograph. |
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