The Appeal of June 18th! Today I delivered my address through Great Britain's BBC radio service to state my position on the matter of France's new government. The Vichy regime, I believe they call it, a servant of Nazi Germany. I oppose it to the end and will never forgive those who let Germany come and step on my country.
At first, the cabinet wanted to prevent me from broadcasting my speech - the very nerve! Luckily, Prime Minister Winston Churchill stepped in and made allowance for my speech.
I urged my people to not let their spirits be crushed by the occupation of Germany in our native land. They must stand and fight! They must continue to resist this humiliating occupation, the conspiratorial, weakling government imposed upon them. Our government may have surrendered officially, but France is not out of the war. We are still fighting! The officers here with me, the troops in other areas of the world. We will not give up until Germany falls once again. Our people must also remember that we are not alone; we have allies who will help us. Both the United States and Great Britain will lend us economic and military support. There is no need to lose hope.
I have to admit my worry at the amount of French people who were able to hear my address. After all, the Nazis' oppressive rule has no doubt taken over most of my homeland, making it impossible for radio broadcasts to make their way through. But no matter. I shall make more of the same speeches in the near future to keep up moral, and by doing so, my words will spread. In fact, I am planning for another address tomorrow.
If you are one of those who missed the broadcast, please treat yourself to a video containing the manuscript below:
credits: Soixante366
FULL SUPPORT FOR YOU. The Germans are pushing their luck with their occupation of France. Don't worry, this war will be over soon and we can all be home before we know it. I fully support you and your hatred of the Germans.
ReplyDeleteGrand Charles De Gaulle! Oh how I cried my little heart out when beautiful Paris was taken by those evil creatures! How I hurt! No one was more pained than myself Monsieur, when my darling France was destroyed. I was in a rage that day. The audacity even! To dare take France! I love Paris, my one true home. The good Lord knows how much France is to me and mine. I remember throwing myself to you, to France, to save us all. Golly, how I gave everything to free beautiful Paris! I worked underground for you, spied for you! I was part of that French Women Auxiliary Air Force, a lieutenant! I even wrote stuffs in my underwear to get the messages to ya back in Britain! In Casablanca, I danced for Americans, weeding out all the news. Good sir, don’t worry even a little bit! Cause there’s still good folks like me out there. I’m still burning with fire, with hope for freedom! All of me is yours, belongs to the true France, my country. I will never stop till my love is set free!
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