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"Force de Raid" shifted its base of operations from Brest to Mers El Kébir on 27 April 1940 in anticipation of Italy joining the Axis. "Force de Raid" was unsuccessfully attacked by "Dandolo" on 13 June after a sortie from Mers El Kébir in response to a false report of a "Kriegsmarine" squadron preparing to enter the Strait of Gibraltar.