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Word: catroux (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...munitions shipments to China (TIME, July 1), Tokyo has assumed that France's prize Asiatic colony was safe in Nippon's bag. But before Japan could actually move in and take it, Oriental propriety demanded a righteous motive. It came last week when ousted Governor General Georges Catroux led important units of the Indo-Chinese colonial forces to the standard of General Charles de Gaulle, self-styled Commander of Free Frenchmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRENCH EMPIRE: Prize to Nippon | 9/16/1940 | See Source »

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