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French invasion of Honolulu
| French invasion of Honolulu | |||||||
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 Honolulu Fort, 1853 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 France |
 Hawaiian Kingdom | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Louis Tromelin |
Kamehameha III | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1 frigate 1 corvette 140 Marines | 1 fortress | ||||||
The French invasion of Honolulu (also known as the Sacking of Honolulu, or the Tromelin Affair) was an attack on Honolulu, capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom, by French admiral Louis Tromelin in 1849 in retribution for the local persecution of Catholics and repression of French trade.
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