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...upset at the news that I guess my voice was affected." Collingwood got three big beats (thanks to his diligence and radio's speed) : the first news the U.S. had of Darlan's assassination, the execution of his assailant, the roundup of the twelve Frenchmen who assisted the U.S. landings...
...London to meet and confer with that "great soldier and noble figure," General Henri Honore Giraud. Together, said De Gaulle, "we will seek and find means of assuring that the French Empire shall be one Empire, that French strength shall be one strength, and the voice of all patriotic Frenchmen shall be one voice...
General Giraud replied only by action: he appointed several more anti-Axis Frenchmen to government posts, and ousted his Inter-Allied economic adviser, Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil (see below...
...great respect, Giraud differed from Pétain: Giraud hated Germans long before they raped France, and he is forever exhorting his troops to kill Germans. And, like all good Frenchmen of whatever political stripe, he loves France. While in a Nazi prison, he laid down his hope for la patrie in a letter to his seven children...
...Britain may force further liberalizing moves. But if the people are fooled into accepting the form for the substance, and if North Africa loses its primary importance for the U.S. and Britain as a war theater, then the extreme Right [i.e., the faction of anti-democratic Frenchmen] may have...