Charles de Gaulle - Félix Éboué supported General De Gaulle

Time: Oct, 1940

Place: Chad

Details: Félix Éboué, governor of Chad, switched his support to General de Gaulle in September. Encouraged, de Gaulle traveled to Brazzaville in October, where he announced the formation of an Empire Defense Council in his Brazzaville Manifesto.

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