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Charles de Gaulle

Churchill told de Gaulle "immediately to order French troops to the ceasefire"

Thursday May 31, 1945
Damascus, Syria

On 31 May, Churchill told de Gaulle "immediately to order French troops to cease fire and withdraw to their barracks". British forces moved in and forced the French to withdraw from the city; they were then escorted and confined to barracks.


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