Jirgin sintiri na taimako na Médoc da Pomerol

Wani dan kunar bakin wake na Jamus ya nutsar da shi tare da ainihin torpedo na OF Médoc (da kuskuren fentin nan tare da alamar gefen Pomerol). Zanen Adam Werka.

Faransa ta yi watsi da yakin da aka fara ranar 10 ga Mayu, 1940, kwanaki 43 kacal bayan harin da Jamus ta kai. A lokacin blitzkrieg, wanda ya haifar da gagarumar nasara ga sojojin Jamus, Benito Mussolini, shugaban ƙungiyar Fasist a Italiya, ya yanke shawarar shiga cikin makomar ƙasarsa.

tare da Jamus, inda suka shelanta yaki a kan kawancen. Wannan "lausy bulldog," kamar yadda Adolf Hitler ya kira Winston Churchill a cikin tsananin fushi, ya san cewa don fuskantar guguwar Axis kuma ta sami damar samun nasara ta ƙarshe, Birtaniya ba za ta iya rasa damarta a teku ba. Birtaniyya ta kasance bastion kadai wanda ya kuduri aniyar yin tsayayya da tashin hankalin Jamus, kasancewar a wannan lokacin abokan kawance ne kawai: Czechs, Norwegians da Poles. Tsibirin ya fara tsara kariya a kan kasa da kuma karfafa sojojin ruwa a cikin tashar Ingilishi da kuma kudancin tekun Arewa. Ba abin mamaki ba ne, Admiralty na Burtaniya ya yanke shawara cikin gaggawa don yin makamai da kuma kammala kowane jirgin da ya dace da hidima a matsayin jirgin ruwan yaki kuma dauke da bindigogi da bindigogin kakkabo jiragen sama (wanda ake kira da bindigogin kakkabo jiragen sama), “a shirye” don yakar duk wani mai kai hari. .

A lokacin da Faransa ta mika wuya a tashar jiragen ruwa na kudancin Ingila - a Plymouth da kuma wani ɓangare na Devonport, Southampton, Dartmouth da Portsmouth - akwai jiragen ruwa na Faransa fiye da 200 na nau'o'i daban-daban, daga jiragen yaki zuwa kananan jiragen ruwa da kuma kananan kayan taimako. Sun isa wani gefen tashar Turancin Ingilishi saboda kwashe tashar jiragen ruwa na arewacin Faransa tsakanin karshen watan Mayu zuwa 20 ga Yuni. An sani cewa daga cikin dubban ma'aikatan ruwa, yawancin jami'ai, da ma'aikata marasa aiki da ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa sun goyi bayan gwamnatin Vichy (2/3 na kasar yana karkashin mulkin Jamus) wanda mataimakin firaministan kasar Pierre Laval ke jagoranta, ba tare da niyyar shiga ciki ba. kara ayyukan sojan ruwa tare da rundunar sojojin ruwa ta Royal.

A ranar 1 ga Yuli, Janar de Gaulle ya nada Vadmus kwamandan sojojin ruwa na Faransanci na Free. Emile Muselier, mai kula da ka'idojin sojan ruwa a ƙarƙashin tuta mai launi da kuma Cross of Lorraine.

Ya bayyana cewa a karshen watan Yuni, umarnin Faransa yana la'akari da ra'ayin canja wurin jiragen ruwa zuwa Arewacin Afirka. Ga Birtaniya, irin wannan shawarar ba ta da kyau, tun da akwai babban haɗari cewa wasu daga cikin wadannan jiragen ruwa na iya zama karkashin ikon Jamus. Lokacin da duk wani yunƙuri na lallashi ya ci tura, a daren 2-3 ga watan Yuli, sojojin ruwa na ruwa da na ruwa masu ɗauke da makamai sun kama jiragen ruwan Faransa da ƙarfi. A cewar majiyoyin Faransa, daga cikin wasu sojojin ruwa 15, jami’ai 000 ne kawai da kuma 20 marasa aikin yi da na ruwa suka bayyana goyon bayansu ga Muselier. Waɗancan ma’aikatan jirgin da suka goyi bayan gwamnatin Vichy sun shiga tsakani sannan aka mayar da su Faransa.

A kokarin hana Jamus kame sauran jiragen ruwan Faransa, Churchill ya ba da umarnin kama su, ko kuma idan aka gaza kama su, nutsewar jiragen ruwa na ruwa a wani bangare na tashar jiragen ruwa na Faransa da Faransa. Dakarun Faransa da ke Alexandria sun mika wuya ga Birtaniya, kuma sun ki amincewa da ragowar sojojin ruwa na Royal Navy 3-8 Yuli 1940.

kuma an lalata wasu jiragen ruwan Faransa a Mers-el-Kebir kusa da Oran; hada da Jirgin yakin Brittany ya nutse kuma an lalata wasu raka'a da dama. A duk wani mataki da aka dauka kan Rundunar Sojin Ruwa, Faransawa 1297 sun mutu a wannan sansanin na Aljeriya, kimanin 350 sun jikkata.

Duk da cewa an ɗora manyan jiragen ruwa na Faransa a tashar jiragen ruwa na Ingilishi, amma a gaskiya ƙimar yaƙin ta ya zama abin banƙyama saboda rashin ma'aikatan da ba su da ƙima sosai. Mafita ɗaya kawai ita ce canja wurin wani ɓangare na rundunonin sojan ruwa zuwa rundunar sojojin da ke kawance. An karɓi irin wannan shawara, ciki har da Netherlands, Norway da Poland. A cikin hali na karshen, an ba da shawarar kai ga Birtaniya da halin yanzu flagship na Faransa tawagar - yaƙin "Paris". Ko da yake yana da alama cewa za a kawo ƙarshen wannan shari'ar, wanda, bi da bi, zai iya ɗaga martabar WWI, a ƙarshe, Rundunar Sojan Ruwa (KMV) ta yaba da cewa, ban da farfagandar girma.

Kudin aiki na gaba na jirgin ruwan yaƙi da ya daina aiki tun 1914 zai yi Allah wadai da ƙananan jiragen ruwa na Poland ga babban farashi. Bugu da ƙari, a ƙananan gudu (ƙugiya 21), akwai yuwuwar nutsewa da shi tare da jirgin ruwa na karkashin ruwa. Har ila yau, babu isassun jami'ai da jami'an da ba na ba da izini ba (a lokacin rani na 1940, PMW a Birtaniya yana da jami'ai 11 da 1397 wadanda ba na ba da izini ba da ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa) masu iya cika karfe - don yanayin Poland - colossus tare da ƙaura na duka. fiye da ton 25, wanda ya yi aiki kusan mutane 000.

Rear Admiral Jerzy Svirsky, shugaban KMW a Landan, bayan da aka yi asarar mai lalata ORP Grom a ranar 4 ga Mayu, 1940 a Rombakkenfjord kusa da Narvik, ya nemi sabon jirgin ruwa zuwa Admiralty na Burtaniya. Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, Ubangijin Teku na Farko kuma Babban Kwamandan Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa daga 1939-1943, don amsa tambayoyi daga shugaban KMW, ya rubuta a wata wasika mai kwanan wata 14 ga Yuli 1940:

Masoyi Admiral,

Na fahimci yadda kuke so ku zama sabon mai hallakarwa tare da mutanenku, amma kamar yadda kuka sani, muna yin iyakar ƙoƙarinmu don mu sami masu lalata da yawa a cikin sabis.

Kamar yadda kuka gani daidai, Ina jin tsoron cewa a halin yanzu ba shi yiwuwa a ware mai lalata a cikin sabis don sabon ma'aikatan jirgin.

Saboda haka, na damu da cewa ba za mu iya canja wurin zuwa gare ku [mai halakar - M.B.] "Galant" saboda wadannan dalilai na sama. Dangane da [Mai halakar Faransa - M. B.] Le Triomphante, har yanzu ba ta shirya zuwa teku ba kuma a halin yanzu an yi niyya a matsayin tutar babban admiral na baya a cikin umarnin masu rugujewa. Duk da haka, ina so in ba da shawarar cewa mazan da kuke da su za su iya kula da jirgin ruwa na Faransa Hurricane da na Faransa Pomerol da Medoc, da kuma Ch 11 da Ch 15 masu neman jirgin ruwa. Idan haka ne a gare ku. , zai kara karfin sojojin mu a ruwan tekun a wannan lokaci na farko, wanda ke da matukar muhimmanci a gare mu. Muna la'akari da yiwuwar canja wurin jirgin ruwan Faransa na Paris zuwa gare ku, idan babu contraindications, wanda ban sani ba.

Ban sani ba ko kun san cewa a cikin jiragen ruwa na Faransa da wasu ma’aikatan Burtaniya ke kula da su, an yanke shawarar cewa wadannan jiragen su rika tafiya a karkashin tutar Burtaniya da Faransa, idan kuma muka dauki wani jirgin Faransa tare da ma’aikatan kasar Poland, biyu. Ana buƙatar tutocin Poland da na Faransa .

Zan yi godiya idan za ku sanar da ni ko za ku iya sarrafa jiragen ruwa da aka ambata a sama tare da ma'aikatan ku kuma idan kun yarda cewa tutar kasa ta tashi kamar yadda yake a sama.