CHARLES DE GAULLE SPEECH LONDON JUNE 1940 THE APPEAL BBC BROADCAST FRENCH RESISTANCE RADIO WWII.
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The Appeal of 18 June 1940 was the first speech made by Charles de Gaulle after his arrival in London in 1940 following the Fall of France. Broadcast to France by the radio services of the British Broadcasting Corporation, it is often considered to have represented the origin of the French Resistance in World War II. It is regarded as one of the most important speeches in French history. In spite of its significance in French collective memory, historians have shown that the appeal was heard only by a minority of French people. De Gaulle's 22 June 1940 speech was more widely heard. Photograph of Charle de Gaulle, pictured making a subsequent radio broadcast in 1941.
The call of General de Gaulle = A few days before his famous speech of June 18, 1940, Charles De Gaulle was appointed to the government of Paul Reynaud and flew to London on June 9, which instructed him to reassure the British about French intentions to continue the war. On June 18, 1940, on the BBC, Charles de Gaulle gave a radio speech in London in which he called on his compatriots to continue the fight against Nazi Germany. This appeal will be heard in France at 7 p.m. and this text will remain one of the most famous speeches in the history of France, where no recording will be kept, unlike that of June 22, 1940, which will often be confused with the real appeal.
Here London! The French speak to the French " = This daily radio program in French on the waves of the BBC (Radio London) played a very big role in transmitting coded messages to the French Resistance but also supporting the morale of the French. "The carrots are cooked", "the long sobs of the autumn violins", "Nancy has stiff neck", "the hunter is starving", "Gaby is going to lie down in the grass" ... Many were the messages coded messages broadcast by Radio London on the BBC between 1941 and 1944. It is indeed thanks to the waves of this station that coded messages got through and Radio London became a real weapon of war.
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