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To all Frenchmen France has lost a battle ! But France has not lost the war ! (La France a perdu une bataille! Mais la France n’a pas perdu la guerre!) A makeshift government may have capitulated, giving way to panic, forgetting honour, delivering their country into bondage. Yet nothing is lost ! Nothing is [...]

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General de Gaulle speaking on the BBC on 18 June 1940   On June 18, 1940, at 19:00, de Gaulle’s voice was broadcast nationwide, saying:   “The leaders who, for many years, have been at the head of the French armies have formed a government. This government, alleging the defeat of our armies, has made [...]

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