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Gabon campaign
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Gabon campaign, fought between
Vichy French forces and those of
de Gaulle's Free French when the latter invaded the French Equatorial African colony of Gabon on 12 October 1940 from the French Cameroons and the Middle Congo. The governor had initially opted to join de Gaulle but then reversed his decision and when Free French troops, led by
Major Leclerc, threatened invasion Vichy troops were rushed by sea from Dakar and a naval squadron sailed from Toulon (see
North, Admiral). The invading columns met determined resistance from the garrison of four battalions of
Tirailleurs Sénégalais but on 7 November the two columns linked up around Libreville. The next day a ground, air, and sea attack was launched on the city but the defending forces fought well and it took another four days to capture. The UK viewed the campaign unenthusiastically and no British troops were involved on the ground, though a Royal Navy sloop did force the surrender of the single Vichy submarine in the area.
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Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
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