Permanent historical factsheet

Fighting France

France · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1942Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1942

Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle18 June 1942

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Holds a rally in the Albert Hall in front of 10,000 French who sing the "Marseillaise"

Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle14 July 1942

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Announces on Bastille Day that his movement will be known as "Fighting France"

Names involved

Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.