(High Sea Force) was an organization of the (French Navy) formed from the Mediterranean Fleet shortly before the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. <unk> <unk> <unk>
<unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> The rump of France not occupied by Germany and Italy became known as Vichy France and the victors agreed to allow it to use the navy's surviving ships subject to strict limitations.