>>27698087Because a man like him wasn't in charge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjPeo1IY05oJune 18th De Gaulle speech translated for anons. (from 0'50 to 4'20)
"We can then say this armistice would be not only a capitulation, but also an enslavement.
Still. A lot of frenchmen do not accept capitulation or servitude, for reasons called "Honor", "Common sense", "Superior interest of the motherland".
I say "Honor", because France agreed to only lay down weapons if its allies were to do so.
AS LONG AS ITS ALLIES KEEP FIGHTING THE WAR, ITS GOVERNMENT HAS NO RIGHT TO SURRENDER.
The polish government, the Norwegian government, the Netherland government, the Belgian government, the Luxembourg government, even chased from their territory, understood their duty.
I say "common sense", because it is absurd to consider the fight as lost.
Yes, we were defeated, a bad military system, faults commited in operations, the loser spirit of the government had us losing the battle of France.
But we still have a vast empire, an intact fleet, a lot of gold. We still have allies with immense ressources, and who dominates the seas. We still have the gigantic possibilities of the american industry. The same conditions of war which had us defeated by 5000 planes and 6000 tanks can tomorrow give us victory with 20000 tanks and 20000 planes.
I say "superior interrest of the motherland" because this war is not a franco-german war decided with a battle.
THIS WAR, IS A WORLD WAR. NO ONE CAN PREDICT IF THE NEUTRAL PEOPLES OF TODAY WILL KEEP THEIR NEUTRALITY. WILL THE ALLIES OF GERMANY EVER BE ITS ALLIES ?
If the forces of freedom finaly win against the forces of enslavement, what would be the fate of a France which would have submitted to the ennemy ?
Honor, Common sense, command to every Free French to keep fighting, wherever they are and however they can."
Yeah /k/ this is why we like this guy.
