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muriel_volestrangler

(101,295 posts)
49. What the fuck?
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 08:11 PM
Sep 2020
At the outbreak of World War II, de Gaulle commanded a tank brigade attached to the French Fifth Army. In May 1940, after assuming command as temporary brigadier general in the 4th Armoured Division—the rank that he retained for the rest of his life—he twice had the opportunity to apply his theories on tank warfare. He was mentioned as “an admirable, energetic, and courageous leader.” On June 6 he entered the government of Paul Reynaud as undersecretary of state for defense and war, and he undertook several missions to England to explore the possibilities of continuing the war. When the Reynaud government was replaced 10 days later by that of Marshal Pétain, who intended to seek an armistice with the Germans, de Gaulle left for England. On June 18 he broadcast from London his first appeal to his compatriots to continue the war under his leadership. On August 2, 1940, a French military court tried and sentenced him in absentia to death, deprivation of military rank, and confiscation of property.

De Gaulle entered his wartime career as a political leader with tremendous liabilities. He had only a handful of haphazardly recruited political supporters and volunteers for what were to become the Free French Forces. He had no political status and was virtually unknown in both Britain and France. But he had an absolute belief in his mission and a conviction that he possessed the qualities of leadership. He was totally devoted to France and had the strength of character (or obstinacy, as it often appeared to the British) to fight for French interests as he saw them with all the resources at his disposal.

In his country, to the politicians on the political left, a career officer who was a practicing Roman Catholic was not an immediately acceptable political leader, while to those on the right he was a rebel against Pétain, who was a national hero and France’s only field marshal. Broadcasts from London, the action of the Free French Forces, and the contacts of resistance groups in France either with de Gaulle’s own organization or with those of the British secret services brought national recognition of his leadership; but full recognition by his allies came only after the liberation of Paris in August 1944.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-de-Gaulle-president-of-France
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Down with the Antifa! jpak Sep 2020 #2
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Patton was a bad ass CatWoman Sep 2020 #5
My family lore spoke of my uncle driving with Patton. We always thought it was made up history until Pepsidog Sep 2020 #13
That's awesome! Talitha Sep 2020 #21
I also had an Uncle that said he drove ambulance MyOwnPeace Sep 2020 #40
If Patton had witnessed Trump as a Russian puppet, he'd have slapped Trump Number9Dream Sep 2020 #42
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dont forget Squidly Sep 2020 #24
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He was blisteringly anti-Semitic, though... Aristus Sep 2020 #44
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The original antifa liberal N proud Sep 2020 #4
Good one! NoRoadUntravelled Sep 2020 #6
I'm so old I know who they are..LOL. n/t monmouth4 Sep 2020 #7
Laughing my ass off. We did too!!! Stinky The Clown Sep 2020 #10
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Any idea who the gentleman in the background in the first picture is? rwsanders Sep 2020 #39
Interesting. Sorry, I don't know at all. nt Hekate Sep 2020 #46
The man on the right isn't who I thought he was. muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #51
I think you are right, the uniforms appear to match. rwsanders Sep 2020 #55
;) BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 #9
Shame Trumpers would have no idea what you are conveying with these pics and that's the problem. Pepsidog Sep 2020 #11
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brilliant, absolutely brilliant! bluboid Sep 2020 #16
President Eisenhower wryter2000 Sep 2020 #17
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You are right about that Kaiserguy Sep 2020 #28
Me too. SharonAnn Sep 2020 #29
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Impossible to imagine........ MyOwnPeace Sep 2020 #43
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Excellent! Talitha Sep 2020 #22
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Trumpers are wondering TheFarseer Sep 2020 #25
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These images are what I've been posting in words. Thanks. n/t Eyeball_Kid Sep 2020 #27
And I've found one of their subordinates who's STILL LIVING AT THE SAME ADDRESS!!! muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #34
Yes! CLEARLY a Nazi sympathizer.... AZ8theist Sep 2020 #38
Love BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2020 #36
Ever heard Trump say MacArthur? aidbo Sep 2020 #41
This message was self-deleted by its author Zambero Sep 2020 #45
What the fuck? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #49
My bad take on history Zambero Sep 2020 #52
I've been reading about those characters recently.... paleotn Sep 2020 #47
Excellent. Lots of memes there Cetacea Sep 2020 #48
So true. byronius Sep 2020 #50
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