Word: drapeau
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...noteworthy criticism came from Belgium. Wrote Brussels' Communist Drapeau Rouge: "Belgian soldiers loathe Buckingham Palace parades. They are afraid Montgomery might force them to eat that horribly cooked British food." The U.S. was known to prefer General Juin; and Juin, who used to be General de Gaulle's chief of staff, flatly refused to serve under the proposed setup...
...drapeau!" he commanded. Rifles slapped to the salute. Buglers twirled their trumpets in the air, blew a fanfare, anti as the band crashed into "La Marseillaise" the French tricolor that had flown over German Mainz for nearly twelve years slipped slowly down the flagstaff. With as little commotion as possible the 8th Infantry scurried clanking through the streets, quickly entrained for Cherbourg. At the station a sudden irrepressible storm of boos and catcalls from the German populace sped them on their...