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De Gaulle

by Julian Jackson

In the early summer of 1940, when France was overrun by German troops, one junior general who had fought in the trenches in Verdun refused to accept defeat. He fled to London, where he took to the radio to address his compatriots back home. “Whatever happens,” he said, “the flame of French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished.” At

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

928

ISBN

9780674241459