Appel du 18 juin

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Appel du 18 juin is the historic 1940 radio address by General Charles de Gaulle from London, calling on the French people to resist Nazi Germany and laying the foundations of the Free French Forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical speech
political speech
radio address
associatedWith French Resistance
Gaullism
author Charles de Gaulle
broadcastBy BBC Radio
broadcaster BBC
calledFor French resistance to Nazi Germany
continuation of the fight alongside the Allies
commemoratedAs Appel du 18 juin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Journée nationale commémorative de l’appel du 18 juin 1940
commemoratedIn France
countryOfBroadcast United Kingdom
date 1940-06-18
documentedIn French history textbooks
archives of the BBC
followedBy subsequent appeals by Charles de Gaulle on the BBC
givenBy Charles de Gaulle
hasCommemorationDate 18 June
hasLegacy key reference in French political discourse
symbol of Free France
historicalContext Battle of France
surface form: Fall of France in 1940

World War II
surface form: Second World War
inspiredCreationOf Free French government
surface form: Free French movement
laidFoundationsFor France libre
Free French Forces
language French
locationOfSpeaker BBC studios in London
London, England
surface form: London
medium radio
opposedTo Nazi Germany
French State (Vichy regime)
surface form: Vichy regime
partOf French national memory
World War II Allied propaganda
placeOfBroadcast London, England
surface form: London
politicalOrientation Gaullist
relatedTo Armistice of 22 June 1940
Battle of France
significance considered the founding act of the French Resistance
symbol of French refusal to surrender
speaker Charles de Gaulle
subject appeal to French soldiers, engineers and workers
call to continue the war against Germany
refusal of defeat
targetAudience French officers and specialists
French people
French soldiers
triggeredBy Armistice request by the French government of Philippe Pétain
Battle of France
surface form: German invasion of France
year 1940

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Appeal of 18 June alsoKnownAs Appel du 18 juin
Mémoires de guerre hasPart Appel du 18 juin
this entity surface form: L’Appel 1940–1942
Mémoires de guerre describesEvent Appel du 18 juin
this entity surface form: Appeal of 18 June 1940
Place de Rennes (now Place du 18-Juin-1940) namedAfter Appel du 18 juin
subject surface form: Place du 18-Juin-1940
this entity surface form: Charles de Gaulle's Appeal of 18 June
Appel du 18 juin commemoratedAs Appel du 18 juin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Journée nationale commémorative de l’appel du 18 juin 1940