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  • Bordeaux, France
    Sunday Jun 23, 1940
    Charles de Gaulle

    The Bordeaux government declared that De Gaulle compulsorily retired from the French Army

    Bordeaux, France
    Sunday Jun 23, 1940

    The Bordeaux government declared him compulsorily retired from the French Army (with the rank of colonel) on 23 June 1940.




  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Sunday Jun 23, 1940
    Charles de Gaulle

    British Government denounced the armistice

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Sunday Jun 23, 1940

    On 23 June the British Government denounced the armistice as a breach of the Anglo-French treaty signed in March and stated that they no longer regarded the Bordeaux Government as a fully independent state. They also "took note" of the plan to establish a French National Committee (FNC) in exile, but did not mention de Gaulle by name.




  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Sunday Jun 23, 1940
    Charles de Gaulle

    Jean Monnet broke with de Gaulle

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Sunday Jun 23, 1940

    Jean Monnet broke with de Gaulle on 23 June, as he thought his appeal was "too personal" and went too far, and that French opinion would not rally to a man who was seen to be operating from British soil.




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