Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle sent a memo to Weygand
Time: Sunday Jun 2, 1940
Place: Paris, France
Details: On 2 June he sent a memo to Weygand vainly urging that the French armored divisions be consolidated from four weak divisions into three stronger ones and concentrated into an armored corps under his command. He made the same suggestion to Reynaud.
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