What the records say
- When
- 23 Sep 1940 – 25 Sep 1940
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 14.68° N, 17.42° W
- Description
- 1940 WWII battle
- War
- World War II
Battle of Dakar
WWII battle in French West Africa (1940)
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. 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.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Battle of Dakar – Naval forces of Free France and Britain fail to take the port of Dakar in French West Africa from Vichy France”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Britische und freifranzösische Verbände versuchen in der Operation Menace vergeblich”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “malgré le bombardement naval de Dakar, le général Pierre Boisson refuse de se rallier au général de Gaulle”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “23−25 сентября — Сенегальская операция, неудачная совместная операция Великобритании и «Сражающейся Франции» де Голля по высадке и захвату Дакара (Сенегал)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page