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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Appeal of 18 June 1940 | 1 |
| Appel du 18 juin canonical | 1 |
| Charles de Gaulle's Appeal of 18 June | 1 |
| Journée nationale commémorative de l’appel du 18 juin 1940 | 1 |
| L’Appel 1940–1942 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Appel du 18 juin Context triple: [Appeal of 18 June, alsoKnownAs, Appel du 18 juin]
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A.
Semaine sanglante
Semaine sanglante (“Bloody Week”) was the brutal final week of May 1871 in which French government forces violently crushed the Paris Commune, resulting in thousands of deaths and mass repression.
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B.
Le Quatorze Juillet
Le Quatorze Juillet is the French national holiday celebrated on July 14, commemorating the 1789 storming of the Bastille and symbolizing the birth of the French Republic.
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C.
July Days
July Days was a brief but intense period of armed demonstrations and political unrest in Petrograd in July 1917 that exposed the weakness of the Russian Provisional Government and boosted Bolshevik influence ahead of the October Revolution.
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D.
Libération
Libération is a major French daily newspaper known for its left-leaning editorial stance and influential coverage of politics and culture.
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E.
Fifty Million Frenchmen
Fifty Million Frenchmen is a 1929 Broadway musical comedy with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, known for its witty songs and Parisian setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Appel du 18 juin Target entity description: 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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A.
Semaine sanglante
Semaine sanglante (“Bloody Week”) was the brutal final week of May 1871 in which French government forces violently crushed the Paris Commune, resulting in thousands of deaths and mass repression.
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B.
Le Quatorze Juillet
Le Quatorze Juillet is the French national holiday celebrated on July 14, commemorating the 1789 storming of the Bastille and symbolizing the birth of the French Republic.
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C.
July Days
July Days was a brief but intense period of armed demonstrations and political unrest in Petrograd in July 1917 that exposed the weakness of the Russian Provisional Government and boosted Bolshevik influence ahead of the October Revolution.
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D.
Libération
Libération is a major French daily newspaper known for its left-leaning editorial stance and influential coverage of politics and culture.
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E.
Fifty Million Frenchmen
Fifty Million Frenchmen is a 1929 Broadway musical comedy with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, known for its witty songs and Parisian setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| 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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Subject: Appel du 18 juin Description of subject: 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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