Marcel-Bruno Gensoul


Marcel-Bruno Gensoul was a French admiral who commanded the Force de Raid, based at Brest until the Armistice of 22 June 1940 in 1940. Then, the force was transferred to Mers El Kébir in French North Africa.
Gensoul was subsequently involved in the unsuccessful negotiations with British Admiral James Somerville that culminated in the bombardment and destruction of the French Fleet on 3 July 1940. Gensoul never commented on these events.