The Battle of France. The call of the General. A broadcast; videos and a book: "On the 18th of June," to remember.
An emission. Indeed, today, June 18, 2010, marks the 70th anniversary of the call made by General de Gaulle from London. TV5MONDE offers special programming that will make you relive the upheaval who changed the world and the birth of a legend. A show not to miss ...
's revisit, briefly, over the events that led to the call of General De Gaulle.
Battle Fran this
"The Battle of France" means the German invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in 1940 during the Second World War. The offensive began May 10, 1940 by ending the "phony war", and ends June 22 by the capitulation of the French armed forces and the signing of the armistice of 22 June 1940 by the Petain government.
At the invasion of Poland in September 1939, the Allies declared war on Germany. But Germany, supported by Russia, crushes his power the Polish army. At the Polish defeat, the French troops leave the outposts of the Saar and retreated behind the Maginot Line.
forces of the United Kingdom who had sent the continent a British Expeditionary Force settled in waiting for the next German movement, maintaining a sea blockade. This period of tacit truce, which was nicknamed the "Phony War" lasted until May 9, 1940.
The offensive of the German army that crossed Ardennes May 10, 1940 puts an end to the "phony war". General De Gaulle and the 4th DCR stand up to the Germans but for lack of logistical support and reinforcements success is not exploited. General De Gaulle and the 4th DCR stand up to the Germans but for lack of logistical support and reinforcements success is not exploited. No major attack will be attempted by the French army. The French and the British Expeditionary Force are then enclosed in a large pocket around Dunkirk and constraints to embarkation. Rush events: Belgium surrenders May 28, 1940. On June 10, 1940, the French government left Paris for Bordeaux.
The Battle of France is lost.
June 14, German tanks reached Paris declared an open city. In France some are resigned to defeat and demanded an armistice, others want to continue the fight as promised to the British, based on the Empire and especially Algeria. This is the first camp that wins, after a painful debate.
Refugees fleeing Belgium and northern France are now joined by 2 million refugees in the Paris region. Between May 15 and June 10, more than 6 million French people abandoned their homes and participate the exodus of 1940, found on roads under the attacks of the Luftwaffe.
General de Gaulle, Secretary of State for Defence, a supporter of continuing the war, went to London, where he delivered his now famous call but passed unnoticed in the chaos.
Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister and the armistice was signed June 22, 1940. Much of France was occupied by German troops, the country is divided into a military zone occupied and administered by Germany (north, west and south-west), and a free zone (central and south). The Government Vichy Marshal Petain administers (!) The entire French territory.
Videos . The Figaro.fr has on its web site a series, "De Gaulle, the integral 'to watch again and again. The link to the page is here.
A voice in the night. The Appeal of 18 June 1940.
While the French armies were in full rout, Charles de Gaulle, just promoted to general, went to London to seek military aid from Churchill. When he learned that Marshal Petain just asked Hitler for an armistice conditions, he decided to launch an appeal for resistance. Twenty-four hours, de Gaulle never stopped negotiating with British leaders on the BBC's broadcast. The man who was a character hitherto unknown to most French acquires at once a legendary dimension.
Founding Act of Resistance , the appeal of 18 June now seems so obvious, especially about the future victory of the Allies, that we sometimes forget the incredible character. Yet two crucial questions arise, even necessary.
An emission. Indeed, today, June 18, 2010, marks the 70th anniversary of the call made by General de Gaulle from London. TV5MONDE offers special programming that will make you relive the upheaval who changed the world and the birth of a legend. A show not to miss ...
's revisit, briefly, over the events that led to the call of General De Gaulle.
Battle Fran this
"The Battle of France" means the German invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in 1940 during the Second World War. The offensive began May 10, 1940 by ending the "phony war", and ends June 22 by the capitulation of the French armed forces and the signing of the armistice of 22 June 1940 by the Petain government.
At the invasion of Poland in September 1939, the Allies declared war on Germany. But Germany, supported by Russia, crushes his power the Polish army. At the Polish defeat, the French troops leave the outposts of the Saar and retreated behind the Maginot Line.
forces of the United Kingdom who had sent the continent a British Expeditionary Force settled in waiting for the next German movement, maintaining a sea blockade. This period of tacit truce, which was nicknamed the "Phony War" lasted until May 9, 1940.
The offensive of the German army that crossed Ardennes May 10, 1940 puts an end to the "phony war". General De Gaulle and the 4th DCR stand up to the Germans but for lack of logistical support and reinforcements success is not exploited. General De Gaulle and the 4th DCR stand up to the Germans but for lack of logistical support and reinforcements success is not exploited. No major attack will be attempted by the French army. The French and the British Expeditionary Force are then enclosed in a large pocket around Dunkirk and constraints to embarkation. Rush events: Belgium surrenders May 28, 1940. On June 10, 1940, the French government left Paris for Bordeaux.
The Battle of France is lost.
June 14, German tanks reached Paris declared an open city. In France some are resigned to defeat and demanded an armistice, others want to continue the fight as promised to the British, based on the Empire and especially Algeria. This is the first camp that wins, after a painful debate.
Refugees fleeing Belgium and northern France are now joined by 2 million refugees in the Paris region. Between May 15 and June 10, more than 6 million French people abandoned their homes and participate the exodus of 1940, found on roads under the attacks of the Luftwaffe.
General de Gaulle, Secretary of State for Defence, a supporter of continuing the war, went to London, where he delivered his now famous call but passed unnoticed in the chaos.
Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister and the armistice was signed June 22, 1940. Much of France was occupied by German troops, the country is divided into a military zone occupied and administered by Germany (north, west and south-west), and a free zone (central and south). The Government Vichy Marshal Petain administers (!) The entire French territory.
Videos . The Figaro.fr has on its web site a series, "De Gaulle, the integral 'to watch again and again. The link to the page is here.
A voice in the night. The Appeal of 18 June 1940.
While the French armies were in full rout, Charles de Gaulle, just promoted to general, went to London to seek military aid from Churchill. When he learned that Marshal Petain just asked Hitler for an armistice conditions, he decided to launch an appeal for resistance. Twenty-four hours, de Gaulle never stopped negotiating with British leaders on the BBC's broadcast. The man who was a character hitherto unknown to most French acquires at once a legendary dimension.
Founding Act of Resistance , the appeal of 18 June now seems so obvious, especially about the future victory of the Allies, that we sometimes forget the incredible character. Yet two crucial questions arise, even necessary.
How one man, unknown to the general public, he could ascertain a such a mission?
How de Gaulle he had the audacity to violate military law
to launch his appeal of 18 June?
the name of honor.
to launch his appeal of 18 June?
the name of honor.
A book . The Appeal of 18 June, Jean-Louis Cremieux Brilhac, Armand Colin.
"In a little book fed sometimes hilarious detail, the historian of the Resistance,
Jean-Louis Cremieux-¬ Brilhac recounts, day by day, sometimes hour by hour, the circumstances of the famous call of June 18, placing it in its tragic context: that of a "dialogue" between Marshal Petain, who asked French soldiers to stop fighting on June 17, and his subordinate division entered into at the same time in history. Two speeches that will be followed by others where the two men face each other across the airwaves. A fateful moment. It is not without a severe inner struggle that de Gaulle has crossed the red line, "writes ¬ Brilhac Cremieux, who cites this passage from the memoirs of war in which de Gaulle speaks the fateful moment when he decided to violate military law Name a reason he considers superior: that of honor.
"As the words flew irrevocable
I felt in I even end a life, one I had undertaken as part of a France and a strong army indivisible. At 49, I entered into the adventure as a man whom fate has thrown out all the series' Charles De Gaulle Ought to be inhabited by an ethos heroic superhuman daring challenge against Clearly the collapse of France and say that the fight should continue? So says, rightly, Cremieux-Brilhac, who says that the speech of June 18 shows how the will can act on a collective destiny that were considered inevitable.
The event will be made possible thanks to the extraordinary intuition ¬ Churchill might as well not have trust in De Gaulle, whom he sniffed the exceptional man. "You are alone, well I know you alone," says Churchill to de Gaulle during those dark days. At 18 am sharp, on 18 June 1940, just 125 years to the day after his defeat at Waterloo, the young General presents the BBC . "He stared at the microphone as if France was personified as if to hypnotize him," recalled a witness. In an adjoining room where the program is recorded, two French hear the appeal. Louis Marin, who will host the show "The French speak French to, and the painter and journalist John Oberle, who let slip the right word. "Well, here's one that leaves the discipline to enter the Petit Larousse." One could hardly say more ... "
[François Paoli]
For its part, Antoine Fouchet, who commented on the book-Brilhac Cremieux, wrote:
"Appeal of 18 June 1940 was broadcast on the BBC in 22 hours. It was written and recorded with the solemnity we know, by General de Gaulle. Text short and punchy, with uncompromising the causes of the defeat against Germany and urging the start.:
"We were, we are overwhelmed by the mechanical, ground and air enemy"
Charles De Gaulle
Charles De Gaulle
"What happens,
the flame of French resistance must not be extinguished and will not die. "
Charles De Gaulle
the flame of French resistance must not be extinguished and will not die. "
Charles De Gaulle
Seventy years later, this text takes in the French collective memory with the force of an obvious myth. Yet, as reported by the former resistance fighter Jean-Louis Cremieux-Brilhac accurate in this small historic welcome the passage on the air of these few simple phrases as passionate as was far from assured in advance. It might even not be realized, it said. "
[...]
He concludes:
" Remembering usefully these circumstances, Jean-Louis Cremieux-Brilhac, who was secretary of the London Committee propaganda of Free France, shows the persistence it took to build early victory. It also reveals that barriers began to disappear a few days before General de Gaulle returns to pronounce new radio. The legend of the Appeal of June 18, now considered a founding document of contemporary France, was not gained a first time "
De Gaulle in the text
" We looked for you the All the speeches of General de Gaulle from 1940 to 1945. Emerges a cloud of keywords to determine the importance and recurrence of certain words in his vocabulary. Each of them with a simple click you send to videos of the INA. "
We ... The Figaro.fr. The link to the cloud is here.
Sources:
[] Sections of TV5MONDE. Commemoration of the Appeal of 18 June 1940. For more information, click here .
[] The Battle of France on ina.fr. The page is here .
[] Figaro.fr On the web series "The true story of June 18, 1940. Click here .
[] Figaro.fr On the article by François Paoli "A call in the night". To read the article, click here .
[] To read the article by Antoine Fouchet click here.
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