Qualla: Battle of Gabon https://qualla.com/battle-of-gabon en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:29 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Gabon https://qualla.com/battle-of-gabon Battle of Gabon: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-gabon/ On the morning of November 10, 1940, Free French troops entered Libreville, the capital of French Gabon, and the last holdout colony in Equatorial Africa fell into de Gaulle's hands. The Battle of Gabon lasted barely three weeks from its opening moves to the final surrender at Port Gentil, yet its consequences rippled far beyond this corner of the Gulf of Guinea. For the first time since the fall of France five months earlier, the Free French movement controlled a contiguous block of territory -- an entire federation of colonies stretching from the Atlantic coast to the border of Libya. Charles de Gaulle was no longer merely a voice on the radio. He had a country.

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/0/n/d/battle-of-gabon-wp/s0nd-battle-of-gabon-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Gabon: The Dominoes of August https://qualla.com/battle-of-gabon/ When Germany defeated France in June 1940, the colonies were forced to choose. Philippe Petain's collaborationist government in Vichy claimed authority over all French territories, while de Gaulle's June 18 radio appeal urged resistance. In Africa, the choice played out colony by...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/0/n/d/battle-of-gabon-wp/s0nd-battle-of-gabon-the-dominoes-of-august.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Gabon: The Hostile Enclave https://qualla.com/battle-of-gabon/ De Gaulle described the problem in his memoirs with characteristic precision: Gabon was 'a hostile enclave, that was hard to reduce because it gave on to the ocean, created in the heart of our equatorial holdings.' General Edgard de Larminat warned that failing to take Gabon woul...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/0/n/d/battle-of-gabon-wp/s0nd-battle-of-gabon-the-hostile-enclave.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Gabon: Convergence on Libreville https://qualla.com/battle-of-gabon/ De Gaulle arrived in Douala, Cameroon on October 8 and authorized a two-pronged invasion: one force would strike northern Gabon from Cameroon while another pushed into the south from Moyen-Congo, both converging on Libreville. On October 27, Free French forces crossed into Gabon ...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/0/n/d/battle-of-gabon-wp/s0nd-battle-of-gabon-convergence-on-libreville.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Gabon: Fire on the Ogooue https://qualla.com/battle-of-gabon/ The naval engagement proved equally dramatic. When the Vichy sloop Bougainville ordered a submarine to attack the Anglo-French task force, Admiral John Cunningham's flagship launched a Supermarine Walrus biplane that damaged the submarine with depth charges as it tried to dive. T...

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/0/n/d/battle-of-gabon-wp/s0nd-battle-of-gabon-fire-on-the-ogooue.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Gabon: A Governor's Despair https://qualla.com/battle-of-gabon/ The human cost remains disputed. De Gaulle himself claimed 'some twenty' died. Other accounts range from 33 killed to 'roughly one hundred,' with one source counting 35 Vichy and 8 Free French dead. Governor Masson, the man who had reversed his pledge to de Gaulle under pressure ...

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