This segment corrects a purely battleship-focused view of the French war at sea. The small-ship and auxiliary effort included torpedo boats, submarines, sloops, gunboats, submarine chasers, and armed trawlers. The counts are explicitly approximate, especially where vessel categories overlap, but they show the scale of the work. French anti-submarine forces performed well in the Channel without securing a famous single takedown. British, Italian, and Japanese participation also complicated nominal French command in the Mediterranean.
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French ASW and small-ship effort
A late section gives the French Navy credit for extensive anti-submarine work using torpedo boats, submarines, sloops, gunboats, chasers, and armed trawlers.