The famous ‘Appel du 18 juin 1940’ speech given by former French president and general Charles de Gaulle – associated with the beginnings of the French resistance – was this week commemorated with a service in Jersey.
The proceedings, which took place at the memorial stone in the corner of the St Helier Marina, commemorated de Gaulle’s famous rallying cry of resistance against German forces made in a BBC radio broadcast after arriving in London.
The flight that brought him there from France stopped in Jersey to refuel.
Among those in attendance at yesterday’s commemoration was Pierre Chays, who became the island’s French Honorary Consul last year.
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