Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle escaped to London
Time: Monday Jun 17, 1940
Place: London, England, United Kingdom
Details: At around 09:00 on the morning of 17 June, he flew to London on a British aircraft with Edward Spears. The escape was hair-raising.
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