World War II: At <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toulon" id="mwyQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Toulon">Toulon</a>, the French navy <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttling_of_the_French_fleet_in_Toulon" id="mwyg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon">scuttles its ships and submarines</a> to keep them out of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism" id="mwyw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nazism">Nazi</a> hands.