Great speeches: Charles de Gaulle
The flame of French resistance: These speeches were delivered by Charles de Gaulle and broadcast by the BBC in 1940
The flame of French resistance
The Fourth Republic
August 29 1944: The wave of national
enthusiasm which has lifted
General de Gaulle to the head
of France and placed him in
liberated Paris will inevitably
recede, to be followed by that
calm which comes after, as
well as before, the storm.
Organising Resistance
June 25 1940: "I have reason to believe that the French fleet will not surrender," said General de Gaulle to a reporter in London yesterday when asked if he had received any promise of support for Allies from the French fleet.
'Fight on Here': A French General's Appeal
June 19 1940: An appeal to French soldiers, engineers and skilled workmen who have reached British soil to get in touch with him so as to continue the fight was broadcast from London last night by General de Gaulle.
