France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war.

La France a perdu une bataille, mais la France n'a pas perdu la guerre.

Charles de Gaulle

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Topic

French Resistance World War II

Speaker

Charles de Gaulle

Source

To All French

Medium

Poster

Language

French

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician Military officer

From

France Europe

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Citation

De Gaulle, Charles. A Tous Le Francais [To All Frenchmen]. 3 Aug. 1940.

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Another quote originally in French

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Genre
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Time
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Citation

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