Audio: General Charles de Gaulle urges America to Join the Allies (14 July 1941)
A 1942 WWII photo portrait of General Charles de Gaulle of the Free French Forces and first president of the Fifth Republic serving from 1958 to 1969.
Today in WWII History
World War II History for July 14
14 July 1933 - All German political parties except the Nazi Party were outlawed.
14 July 1940 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivers War of the Unknown Warriors BBC Broadcast in London. [1]
14 July 1940 - A force of German Ju-88 bombers attacked Suez, Egypt, from bases in Crete.
14 July 1941 - Vichy French Foreign Legionaries signed an armistice in Damascus, which allowed them to join the Free French Foreign Legion.
14 July 1941 - Free French General Charles de Gaulle urges America to Join the Allies.
14 July 1941 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivers You Do Your Worst — And We Will Do Our Best speech to the House of Commons. [1]
14 July 1945 - American battleships and cruisers bombarded the Japanese home islands for the first time.
[1] Selected Speeches of Winston Churchill – http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/speeches-of-winston-churchill
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