13 June 1940
Result of Surrender of France
The collapse of the French military position forces the government toward an armistice decision.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Tours in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The collapse of the French military position forces the government toward an armistice decision.
Urges Reynaud's government to continue fighting.
Informed of the imminent collapse of France. Flies to Tours where the French Government is now based
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Tours. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
This database is a research index. For formal scholarly citation, verify individual claims against appropriate primary, archival, academic or specialist sources.