Vichy France, Operation Catapult - A Case Study in Authority

“Part of that separate peace was turning weapons of war over to the enemy of the British” and “those weapons were going into German hands” are doing even more work. The armistice agreement specified that the French navy would remain in French control, and when the Germans subsequently did try to seize the ships at Toulon, the French scuttled them. And the ships at Mers-el-Kébir were a much farther stretch for the Germans.

The man with the laziest words in his sentences wins!