The Archive · 1940

Contravention of Agreements

The announcement said the terms of the Franco-German armistice were "contravention of agreements solemnly made between the Allied Government to a state of complete subjection."

Gen, de Gaulle said in his broadcast on Saturday night that France had not surrendered to the enemy fand that an armistice would "submission to slavery."

He said that. "Frenchmen should continue to ght" and that all possible sistance, "wherever it may be, should be organized to continue the war against Germany.

Other Leaders Invited undertake this national task in England," he said. "I invite leaders like the former Premier, M.'Edouard Daladier, and soldiers, sailors and of the Prench forces to get in touch with me. 1 invite the French people follow me. Long live France and her freedom, honour and indepen Balearics, presumably, bound for Tunisia.

'When the fights began on Saturday most of the machines were flying singly, but yesterday" they were mainly in squadron' formations. Reuter

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