“According to de Gaulle’s account, Blum assured him of his interest in the soldier’s ideas. ‘But you fought against them,’ his visitor observed. ‘One changes one’s point of view when one becomes head of the government,’ came the reply.” — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share Image
“the US continued to recognise Vichy and the Free French were reduced to operating in the US out of the office of the representative… — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share Image
“According to de Gaulle’s account, Blum assured him of his interest in the soldier’s ideas. ‘But you fought against them,’ his visitor observed. ‘One… — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share Image
“Cecil von Renthe-Fink, a tall Prussian aristocrat who advocated the creation of a European confederacy under German leadership with a single currency and a central bank in Berlin, was sent to mind the Marshal.183” — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share
“In 1945, Yvonne established an Anne de Gaulle Foundation for Down’s syndrome children in a château bought for the purpose outside Paris, and, after… — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share Image
“They assure love from the beginning of life to its conclusion and, in the end, they govern our existence.” — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share Image
“Though the issue of collaboration, whether active or passive, remains a highly emotive matter in France, the fact was that, in the summer of… — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share Image
“French police and the SS worked together on round-ups in Marseille, classified as ‘moral cleansing’. In all, some 75,000 Jews would be deported from… — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share Image
