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Joseph Rue was a
/ref>Revue historique de Bordeaux et du département de la Gironde - Volumes 3-4 - Page 149 1954 " La marine est représentée au cours de l'opération Indépendance par une forte division navale commandée par l'amiral Rue."
French
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vice-admiral during World War II
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. He led a fleet of 10 warships
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in the shelling of Royan
Royan (; in the Saintongeais dialect; oc, Roian) is a commune and town in the south-west of France, in the department of Charente-Maritime in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its inhabitants are known as ''Royannais'' and ''Royannaises''. Capi ...
in April 1945.''Naval warfare 1919-45: an operational history of the volatile war at sea'' Malcolm H. Murfett, p.43/ref>Revue historique de Bordeaux et du département de la Gironde - Volumes 3-4 - Page 149 1954 " La marine est représentée au cours de l'opération Indépendance par une forte division navale commandée par l'amiral Rue."
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