Appeal of 18 June

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The Appeal of 18 June was a 1940 radio address by Charles de Gaulle from London calling on the French people to continue resistance against Nazi Germany, widely regarded as the founding moment of Free France.

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Appeal of 18 June canonical 4
Appeal of 18 June 1940 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
political speech
radio address
alliedWith UK government
surface form: British government

United Kingdom
alsoKnownAs Appel du 18 juin
associatedWith Free France
audience French citizens inside and outside France
French people
French soldiers
author Charles de Gaulle
broadcastBy BBC
broadcastFrom London, England
surface form: London
broadcastMedium radio
calledFor French Resistance
surface form: French resistance

continued resistance against Nazi Germany
commemoratedIn France
commemoratedOn 18 June
considered founding moment of Free France
countryContext France
countryOfBroadcast United Kingdom
date 1940-06-18
day 18
givenBy Charles de Gaulle
hasLegacy central reference in Gaullist political tradition
major symbol of French resistance to occupation
historicalPeriod World War II
surface form: Second World War

World War II
language French
location London, England
surface form: London
mediaType audio recording
month June
opposed German occupation of France
Nazi Germany
partOf Charles de Gaulle’s early leadership of Free France
politicalContext armistice between France and Germany in June 1940
fall of France in 1940
purpose to encourage continued military struggle alongside the Allies
to reject the armistice with Nazi Germany
relatedTo Battle of France
Free French Forces
French Resistance
Armistice of 22 June 1940
surface form: French armistice of 22 June 1940

French State (Vichy regime)
surface form: Vichy regime
significance key moment in French national memory
symbolic beginning of French Resistance
speaker Charles de Gaulle
year 1940

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Free France significantEvent Appeal of 18 June
Armistice of 22 June 1940 relatedTo Appeal of 18 June
Place du 18-Juin-1940 namedAfter Appeal of 18 June
Historial Charles de Gaulle aboutEvent Appeal of 18 June
this entity surface form: Appeal of 18 June 1940
Free French government significantEvent Appeal of 18 June