Marcel-Bruno Gensoul

Marcel-Bruno Gensoul
Marcel-Bruno Gensoul
Born	12 October 1880
Died	30 December 1973 (aged 93)
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	French Navy
Battles/wars	Mers-el-Kebir

Marcel-Bruno Gensoul (12 October 1880 – 30 December 1973[1]) was a French admiral who commanded the Force de Raid, based at Brest until the Armistice of 22 June 1940 in 1940. Then, the force was transferred to Mers El Kébir in French North Africa.

Gensoul was subsequently involved in the unsuccessful negotiations with British Admiral James Somerville that culminated in the bombardment and destruction of the French Fleet on 3 July 1940. Gensoul never commented on these events.[2]

References

"Marcel-Bruno Gensoul is Dead; Defied Churchill on Fleet in '40". The New York Times. 5 January 1974. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
Lasterle, Philippe (July 2003). "Could Admiral Gensoul Have Averted the Tragedy of Mers el-Kebir?". The Journal of Military History. Retrieved 19 November 2008.

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[1] "Marcel-Bruno Gensoul is Dead; Defied Churchill on Fleet in '40". The New York Times. 5 January 1974. Retrieved 19 November 2008.

[2] Lasterle, Philippe (July 2003). "Could Admiral Gensoul Have Averted the Tragedy of Mers el-Kebir?". The Journal of Military History. Retrieved 19 November 2008.