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Charles de Gaulle

De Gaulle denied the legitimacy of the government at Bordeaux

Wednesday Jun 19, 1940
London

In his next broadcast on 19 June de Gaulle denied the legitimacy of the government at Bordeaux. He called on the North African troops to live up to the tradition of Bertrand Clausel, Thomas Robert Bugeaud, and Hubert Lyautey by defying orders from Bordeaux. The British Foreign Office protested to Churchill.


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