Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle1940
Deserts from the Vichy Government & is sentenced to death
France · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Deserts from the Vichy Government & is sentenced to death
Tried before the French High Court at Riom for the French defeat
Trials held by the Vichy Government of those responsible for the 1940 French collapse
Blum & Daladier expose the trials & Vichy France loses American support
The Prime Minister of France is sentenced to death for high treason
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