When Charles de Gaulle Crossed the Rubicon

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When Charles de Gaulle Crossed the Rubicon

1John5918
Jun 19, 2020, 1:34 am

Yesterday marked the 80th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle's famous speech on BBC calling on the French to continue to resist.

When Charles de Gaulle Crossed the Rubicon (Law & Liberty)

In a crossover with another of my interests, railways, in 2010 Eurostar wrapped one of their trains in a special vinyl for the 70th anniversary - https://www.railpictures.net/photo/739727/

2John5918
Jun 20, 2020, 3:14 pm

Johnson and Macron watch joint flypast marking Charles de Gaulle anniversary – video (Guardian)

Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron watched on as the Red Arrows and French counterparts the Patrouille de France performed a flypast marking the 80th anniversary of a famous wartime broadcast by Charles de Gaulle on the BBC. The French general urged his compatriots to keep fighting in Nazi-occupied France...