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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Generate an image of the Appeal of 18 June (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 7
Appeal of 18 June 1940 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political speech ⓘ
radio address ⓘ
alliedWith British government ⓘ
linked to: UK 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 ⓘ
linked to: London, England
broadcastMedium radio ⓘ
calledFor French resistance ⓘ
linked to: 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 Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

World War II ⓘ
language French ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
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 ⓘ
French armistice of 22 June 1940 ⓘ
Vichy regime ⓘ
significance key moment in French national memory ⓘ
symbolic beginning of French Resistance ⓘ
speaker Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
year 1940 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 1940 ⓘ
linked to: Appeal of 18 June
Free French government → significantEvent → Appeal of 18 June ⓘ
Comité national français → follows → Appeal of 18 June ⓘ
Cross of Lorraine monument → associatedWith → Appeal of 18 June ⓘ
Place du 18-Juin-1940 → commemorates → Appeal of 18 June ⓘ
subject linked to: Place de Rennes