"Dunkerque" was badly damaged in another attack but was temporarily repaired and eventually returned to Toulon for permanent repairs. "Strasbourg" saw little activity during this period, as the armistice with Germany limited training operations. "Dunkerque" was still in drydock when the Germans launched Case Anton, occupying the rest of France in November 1942. To prevent the Germans from seizing the ships, the French Navy scuttled the fleet in Toulon. Both ships were badly damaged and were handed over to Italian control, where they were partially broken up. Their hulks, which were bombed by American aircraft in 1944, were eventually sold for scrap in the 1950s.