NormanH Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 There will be a lot of references to the 80th anniversary of De Gaulle's appeal to the French to resist the German occupation.I am willing to bet there will be far fewer (if any) mentions of the other event of the 18th June, The battle of Waterloo [:D]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Quite so - and all with social distancing, of course.Prince Charles and his wife visited Gloucestershire Royal Hospital to meet staff a couple of days ago, with social distancing. Interesting that he said that his senses of smell and taste hadn’t yet returned to normal following having a ‘mild case’ of C-19, as he put it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Well, we have just watched the news and husband said, Macron is here for Waterloo Day.... We did ofcourse see that De Gaulle was mentioned too..... great fan of the UK he wasn't![blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 Yes idun but you are in the UK.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 And what difference would it have made if I had been in France or living in France? None, it is still the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo and DeGaulle did not like the UK. Having seen the news since I posted, the visit was because Macron was honouring DeGaulle's broadcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Correct me if I’m wrong somebody, but I have a feeling that most Frenchmen and Frenchwomen at the time wouldn’t have had a clue who De Gaulle was, much less have listened to his broadcast.His achievements, for better or worse, came largely after the end of WWII. The allied leaders did their best during the War to keep him ‘out of the loop’ in terms of information and intelligence. Not so much him, but his staff group was considered, rightly or wrongly, to be ‘unreliable’.There was an occasion when he was on board a British battleship. De Gaulle was a chain smoker and he stubbed out his cigarette on the gleaming white holystoned deck. The receiving British Admiral could barely contain his disgust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 De Gaulle (if he was alive today) would love Brexit. LOL.I have never understood the French fascination with De Gaulle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 He gave them hope and a figurehead during and after the 2WW and saved France from civil war over Algeria. Plus he ensured that the Extreme Left did not take over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 After our help in WW2, he did not want the UK joining the EU. He sided with zee Germans.Work that one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chessfou2 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Well, they were certainly listening in Guadeloupe, Martinique & Guyane (https://www.france.tv/france-o/antilles-la-guerre-oubliee/), not to mention the Île-de-Sein (not so beloved of Marine after her reception there day before yesterday), whence came 130 of the 400 men who joined CdG and which is the unique French commune with more deaths in WW2 than WW1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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