Why did the French Admiralty not side with the allies after France fell in 1940?

by Crumpet_Radar

I've been reading about the French Battleships that sailed to Dakar and Algeria when France capitulated however, I don't understand why the French didn't want their battleships to be apart of the allied cause after France fell? Why did they want to fight against the British rather than giving the ships to allies?

thefourthmaninaboat

While more can be said, you might be interested in my earlier answer to a similar question here.