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Charles de Gaulle

De Gaulle was condemned to death

Friday Aug 2, 1940
France

The Vichy regime had already sentenced de Gaulle to four years' imprisonment; on 2 August 1940, he was condemned to death by court-martial in absentia, although Pétain commented that he would ensure that the sentence was never carried out.


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