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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