To All Free Frenchmen (1940)

Full title reads: "To All Free Frenchmen".
MS. General Charles De Gaulle standing behind his desk speaking in French about the French defeat. He states that the defeat and the low morale of the French and the French government was caused by a superior mechanical force which the Germans were able to use against France, this lead to capitulation which was chosen by the Petain government. De Gaulle and his companions believe that the honour of France rests with him and his friends who will continue the war alongside the Allies who will be victorious.
De Gaulle's speech is played over footage of Germany's invading army and of refugees fleeing their homes. There are also shots of Allied tanks.
N.B. It seems odd that this item went out with a French Speech - Subtitles were not unknown and it seems strange that they weren't used. - MD.
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[@Gutsy9]

When I was learning French in school we listened to tapes of him speaking. Clear, resonant, and deliberate.

[@zkifox7790]

that"s true

[@AmericanEmpire2345]

Speak French daw ?

[@BoomBox263]

Salut

[@LOST_COUNTRY]

​@@BoomBox263bonjour ...

[@Te_arii_no_bora-bora]

@@LOST_COUNTRYau revoir

[@marc21091]

For those who know some French but are not fluent, this is a splendid example of clear French, spoken in a decisive way that many non-French can understand! Subtitles not necessary.... The General was an excellent speaker.

[@MrGoneTroppo]

C'est moi - je suis anglais mais je me sens que c'est un accent parfait!

[@Hotshotter3000]

I speak French. Conversational Quebecois French. But Charles de Gaulles made it clear. Do not surrender to the land and air forces from Germany. Also kick their asses. I'm Lebanese. Lebanon was under French control of the time, but my grandfather told me of the people against the axis powers of the time. I will never forget.

[@heronofheaven]

Soldiers are trained to speak clearly, especially for a commander.

[@jackayers4955]

@Ragnar Same, although I tend to find older French people easier to understand.

[@fgetix9738]

I am French, and even as French, I can see very well what you are talking about let's say that French is very difficult

[@GeoNoob]

Bro dropped the hardest speech of the 20th century and thought we wouldnt notice

[@Aperson65323]

Vive la résistance.

[@Rohjohn1-vb9ot]

La France mikenik

[@noonelaughed6598]

How? This speech is very lacklustre and barebones, why don’t you compare it with some actual good speeches?

[@UlickLoring]

​Hik

[@jerryfreilich6551]

Thanks very much for posting this piece of history....

[@jacobzehner2004]

Merci Charles de Gaulle for creating the French resistance,free French forces and the free French government. ✊🇫🇷

[@TerryDowne]

Despite all his flaws, De Gaulle was a great man and a great leader. When things were at their blackest, he refused to take the easy route of accommodation and instead chose the hard, lonely path of courage, hope, and resistance. He never despaired of his country or its future. It's given to few men to save their country, and yet De Gaulle did it twice in one lifetime.

[@arthurbarber7546]

What flaws !

[@hmm3032]

@@arthurbarber7546 he wasn't ready to defend France in WW2 but kept it afloat so that is what matters

[@arthurbarber7546]

He defended France at Montcornet and Abbeville with armored counter attacks

[@hmm3032]

@@arthurbarber7546 he couldn't save France with those battles

[@arthurbarber7546]

How would you expect a colonel leading an armored division to save France ?

[@alextucker5819]

Churchill and Roosevelt completely misjudged this man. He saved France from the Nazis, and would save it again when Algeria declared independence. De Gaulle was, in my opinion, the greatest National Hero combined Head of State of France since Napoleon.

[@lucas.moreno_]

Thanks for all Charles De Gaulle 💪🇨🇵🇨🇵.

[@JohnSmith-kj3jy]

Came here from a WWII documentary. Huge respect for this man.

[@georgielancaster1356]

But he was a giant PIA for the Brits. Really stubborn and difficult to cope with.

[@ddc2957]

Well he wouldn’t be serving his country if he weren’t making life difficult for Brits.

[@FirieifjcjfbdkdjekDjkdndldhdk]

@@georgielancaster1356he is not french if he is not pain in ass of british or british is pain in his ass

[@brezhoneger]

Quelle classe, notre Général :)

[@sergiolobato1798]

To All Free Frenchman Then and Now!!!! We are all with you Paris...

[@stormywindmill]

Greetings from England -- Vive La France

[@cultofpersonalit1888]

Greetings from France! 🇫🇷❤🇬🇧

[@arialbati4011]

Merci de se partage. Le Général reste exemplaire de Courage et de Grandeur . Il ne faut jamais abdiqué

[@Lausanamo]

Notes about his pronunciation: 1. His "r" is trilled at the back of the throat, a feature still found in belgium but rare elsewhere. 2. He has longer vowels and especially nasal vowels, which are now short. 3. He has a very clear intonation, just like in italian. Note that the last two may be in order to have a better audio quality on radio and also to have more authority.

[@markpiper6382]

People who said that France gave up are blatantly wrong. The government gave up due to its own unpreparedness, backwardness, and incompetence. The spirit of the people of France was never broken. By the time of the landings in Normandy, the French Resistance and Free French Forces had come to be regarded as one entity, and their numbers were so great that they were an army to rival the size of the ones the rest of the allies landed.

[@rangergxi]

Most civilians and soldiers sided with the Vichy regime. The British made an extra effort to evacuate French soldiers alongside British soldiers at the same time and most of those soldiers went back to surrender.

[@markpiper6382]

@@rangergxi That's a terrible line of reasoning. "Yeah let's just oppose the new regime placed by the nation that just completely obliterated our armed forces. Surely nothing will go wrong." Sarcasm aside, the prevailing idea among Frenchmen at the time of capitulation was that the honorable thing to do was to surrender to the germans and share the fate of their fellow countrymen. The vast majority of France's colonial holdings, in fact, refused to submit to Nazi rule, and there were, by the end of the war, hundreds of thousands of Frenchmen, citizens and soldiers alike, who were part of the partisan network, officially recognized as the FFI (French Forces of the Interior) as a paramilitary group under the direct jurisdiction of the French government in exile, which had been officially recognized as the legitimate French government by the USA and Great Britain. This partisan network was immensely important to the success of operation Overlord (more commonly referred to as D-Day) and staged a military coup in Paris that tied down thousands of Wermacht troops during the Allied invasion of Northern France. My Grandfather served in the allied invasion of North Africa, and his unit was only able to land in Casablanca because of a secret deal of nominal cooperation signed between the Allies and French Nigeria.

[@MrRikouz]

@@rangergxi You're the typical British who will rewrite history (no matter the era) to make it glorious for England and shameful for France. Sure you have wiped off from your brain that the UK is an island and that the British were literally the first ones to break the allied line and flee from the Germans (without warning the French of course). And to say that most civilians and soldiers sided with the Vichy regime is just ignorant bullshit from an ignorant keyboard warrior. Most of the 40 millions French tried to live as they could. You're not even to take seriously. Keep believing that your glorious country would have won if there was no English channel, or that they didn't wait for the Soviets to do most of the work to come back on the continent.

[@Doxbox_plt]

Half of them were algerians

[@donrumata1006]

I thank you for that. My grand father was resistant in Normandie. He was part of a group called Vengeance. they did some stealth actions, they did reco. to help the allies after Dday to take position inside the land. They even took part in combat to free some villages in normandy area. My Grand father was made prisoner before operation overlord and get deported. Their chief was executed. By luck they succed to escape and flee from the deportation train before they got to gemany. I'm very proud because in the same time a lot of french was siderated and resigned. It's because of this kind of person that we know the meaning of courage!

[@kamalnaili4969]

Un homme raisonnable et intelligent.

[@chadofthexxthcentury4741]

Facts

[@rygregory]

I came here because of the Blue Devils Drum Corps and their show on Henri Matisse called "The Cut-Outs". There's a portion in their show that features this speech to represent wartime France and the internal conflicts of whether Matisse should escape France during the war or if he should stay. So interesting learning all of this!

[@bdfan4ever]

I’m here for the same thing. I love that Blue Devil shows inspire to search out these great and events and/or art pieces and the history behind them.

[@Lebretonvenitien]

All breton of île de sein arrived in England After the speech of général De Gaulle for continued the figth against Germany ! 300 men😊

[@7Hellzz]

I don't speak french but I can tell his pronunciation is very clear.

[@RenoDW]

I copied this from the reply in these comment section so that everyone can see it, "La défaite française a été causée par la force mécanique, aérienne et terrestre de l'ennemi. L'action foudroyante de cette force mécanique a amené l'effondrement du moral du commandement et du gouvernement. Devant cet effondrement, deux voies s'ouvrent. Celle de l'abandon et du désespoir, elle menait à la capitulation, c'est celle qu'a choisie le gouvernement Pétain. L'autre est celle de l'honneur et de l'espérance, c'est celle que nous avons prise, mes compagnons et moi. Nous croyons que l'honneur des français consiste à continuer la guerre aux côtés de leurs alliés, et nous sommes résolus à le faire. Nous espérons qu'un jour, une force mécanique supérieure nous permettra d'avoir la victoire et de délivrer la patrie."

[@GooseyBoosey]

Translation please?

[@usamarins7471]

@@GooseyBoosey Google is your friend

[@alextucker5819]

That is pretty damn persuasive.

[@ngoanhkha4015]

thank you

[@georgielancaster1356]

Thank you. Top job.

[@jundrian]

Charles De Gaulle was a true legend. La Resistance!

[@konigmarkusvonbayern3886]

Gut so. Nie wieder Nazis. 🇫🇷🤝🇩🇪❤️

[@konigmarkusvonbayern3886]

Auf das nie wieder Krieg zwischen den beiden Brüdern Frankreich und Deutschland herrschen wird.

[@carlosmpsenyorcapitacollon6977]

Quite elegant that he recognized the motives of the defeat of France. First step for victory :)

[@sham3944]

I love this voice, and generally France, as a Dane and Iraqi. 🇩🇰🇮🇶❤️🇫🇷

[@jackpirie7382]

If De Gaulle and Leclerc had been in the top men in the French Army in 1940 the Battle of France would have been a wee bit different

[@darshanahewage8018]

Germany would surely win but it would have been too weak to start operation babarosa by the summer of 1941.

[@samuelli-a-sam]

Very awesome this footage!!

[@joelguti5079]

I believe that France's defeat in 1940 was due to terrible leadership, the French soldiers fought well, but the generals made their strategies as if they were in the First World War. Long live France!

[@stuartsmith5561]

Charles De Gaulle is has to be my favourite French President and Giant figure in French political. Other greatest European leader ever had. Gaullism is greatest ideology for France 🇫🇷. Respect our European neighbours. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤🇫🇷

[@Aperson65323]

🇫🇷❤️🇬🇧

[@marcrenaud7895]

Emouvant

[@lionpardwolfiefox1338]

LONG LIVE DE GAULLE !!! ✊🇨🇵

[@KingDice.]

Hes dead

[@trollgegamingrblx.1467]

PETAIN BETTER DE GAULLE BAD

[@GeoNoob]

@@trollgegamingrblx.1467 shut up i understand yourr a pre teen boy so ur hormones are messed up but hold it back bruh youre not edgy or cool

[@jaa6786]

@@trollgegamingrblx.1467 how

[@mikemancini313]

@@trollgegamingrblx.1467bruh

[@robertmurphy3909]

This is extraordinary bravery and leadership.

[@FBarnacle]

Here because I learned about this moving speech from the DCI Blue Devils 2023 show called The Cut-Outs, which depicts Henri Matisse's life including his despondency during this time period. Thank you for this!

[@davewroberts]

Came here for the same reason! Doing a deeper dive into the Cut-Outs.

[@FBarnacle]

@@davewroberts There are different versions of this speech he gave in the course of the week, I barely speak French but this one sounds most like the one used in the DCI show.

[@davewroberts]

@@FBarnacle Yeah this version sounds clean and like the same inflection as the Blue Devils version. I wasn't sure what the voice in the show was exactly at first, I thought it was quotes from Matisse himself. Really love the use of this speech, and how it shows the hard lines, along with the percussion, the air raid sirens (you can barely hear them). This depicts the hard lines of the expoding bombs in Icarus, the repeated use of "we were subdued by the use of the mechanical" exactly what was going on in Matisse's life at the time. Directly opposing the soft organic outlines of the rest of the cut-outs throughout the rest of the show. All this comes together to make an amazing Masterpiece of a drum corps show. Glad to run into a fellow drum corps fan here :)

[@FBarnacle]

@@davewroberts It's funny how this piece isn't quoted in the official show announcement, just like the Steve Reich piece read aloud at the beginning of the show. So many pieces of the puzzle to this show that makes it an exploration. I feel like Indy Jones.

[@davewroberts]

@@FBarnacle right exactly!! Hopefully more BD fans end up down this rabbit hole :)

[@TheGrenadier97]

De Gaulle was bold, as was Leclerc and a few others. Their "game" was dangerous; in 1940 they were almost meaningless exiles; in 1945, heroes.

[@alicie649]

They did nothing, it was brits and americans.

[@alicie649]

Since writing that, i've changed my POV a little, as distinguishing between the material and the moral, De Gaulle was a moral support and motivator. But for the material, there were some French who joined in at the end, but during a long doc by Arte (I think) on him, when he arrived in GB, Churchill or someone said 'where is his army ?', as he arrived with no one. So for them, (brits and allies) he was a nobody. But his personality and ideas pleased Churchill, but after a time they didn't get on. (there are articles about that). He was far less known and renowned than Petain who was a military leader and known for Verdun WWI. That's why most French supported Petain.

[@bigpaint3337]

@@alicie649you’re forgetting the thousands that fought and died in guerrilla war against their occupiers

[@alicie649]

And most women had no education at all

[@alicie649]

@@bigpaint3337 as for 'guerilla' war, thanks for the terrorist attacks in Paris, have you apologized to the families of the victims ? And do please describe how Algeria prospered since they kicked out the french ('the suitcase or the coffin'..) And why those terroristes, even in France financed by the Soviet communists, are still in power today, nothing has basically changed, just a 'facade'. Not a real democracy, still threatened by islamists, no real freedom.. nothing in your country in fact to invite anyone to come as a tourist. Unlike Morocco or Tunisia. Why do you persist with that mentality. (well i do realize it's not so easy)

[@vasilileung2204]

I don’t even speak French. But I can guess he’s saying to continue the war even though the enemy is many times stronger. And in gods good time, the fatherland will be restored. P.s, you don’t have to correct me if I’m wrong. This is how I want to interpret this.

[@anakinwho8736]

actually,the thing you say are fact bro

[@badwulff]

The spirit is pretty much on point, but a few elements worth noting in particular: -He also points at the infamy of Vichy France and the collaborationist government, insisting on the contrast between Free France and Pétain's state; -He specifically mentions France's allies, since it would be both unreasonable not to give credit to them, and unrealistic not to recognize that the battle must be fought alongside other powers; -And finally, he insists on the "mechanical" prowess of the enemy (as opposed to their strength in numbers) - this gives an idea that no, the Nazis are not in fact more numerous, thus lowering their image of this infinitely strong monster, and it also serves to remind everyone that science takes no sides, and that technological advances, which are what won these wars, are available both to the Axis, and also the Allies. And since the Allies have, in fact, more manpower, and more territory, they have an advantage in this matter.

[@raymondclelland8060]

De Gualle and Churchill, not always friends, but always allies, 2 men who combined, held the allied cause aloft till might of America could be brought to bear on Hitler. Magnificent men of their time.

[@donrumata1006]

Yes. I read a testimony that said that they sometimes yelled at each other. A witness says that it looked like two lunatics. lol

[@msreviews5576]

One a warmonger the other a coward.

[@tysmith9309]

@@msreviews5576 um which is which? As to call De Gaulle a coward is to .. say the Moon is the sun and the Earth is a triangle.

[@alicie649]

@@msreviews5576 yes who is which ? De Gaulle the coward because he fled ? That's the most commonly said. Another question that i've not bothered to ask people interested in that period, is ,was he married then ? And where was his wife, with him in UK or stayed in France ?

[@Lebretonvenitien]

Russian and english save and respected France but Roosevelt hates France and want carve up ours country but Churchill and russian support France thanks ❤ sorry for my english 😅

[@Redoudouytb]

Qui est la en 2024 après 84 la vidéo marche toujours pour la france actuelle

[@DFuryArt]

The man who became one of the symbols of free France!

[@thecarbonation]

I find this very comforting

[@netizencapet]

De Gaulle gets cred for fighting tirelessly throughout the 20s and 30s to get the French to modernize their military and pursue a more effective strategy than the Maginot line.

[@alicie649]

But couldn't, or it wasn't enough ?

[@danielsonlisik534]

Até pra um falante de português fica fácil entender. Eloquência perfeita.

[@erikstenmark8501]

You hold my word’s General ✊

[@neckzo_oa]

Boujour je suis français et merci pour tous les commentaires sympa sur la France 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵

[@thebignoobie88]

Les personnes de nous jour ne savent pratiquement pas qui est Général de Gaulle apart qu'en ils ont en 3ème, ceci est merveilleux que nos ami Britanniques ce rappel de ce jour.

[@as.tinnie6246]

De Gaulle is such a splendid figure. Fought against the Nazis and accompanied the french resistance as he could. L’Appel du 18 juin 1940 will always be remembered. Very eloquent man. This occupied France showed how much people were ambitious to fight the inhumanity.

[@nicolasmassoulier6116]

"On March 2, 1916, de Gaulle regiment was attacked and decimated, wiped out by the enemy while defending the village of Douaumont, near Verdun. His company was damaged during this fight and the survivors were surrounded. Then attempting a breakthrough, he was forced by the violence of the combat to jump into a shell hole to protect himself, but the Germans followed him and wounded him with a bayonet in the left thigh. Captured by German troops, he was treated at the Mainz hospital then interned in Osnabrück in Westphalia29. Believed to have died in combat, this disappearance earned him a mention in the army." ('Wikipédia) During the world premiere, while he was a prisoner of the Germans de Gaulle became friends with a certain general...Toukhatchevsk ( both prisoners at Fort Ingolstadt). This same Toukhatchevki who was considered an absolutely remarkable soldier, a visionary - he shared De Gaulle's ideas on the primacy of tanks and aviation in future battles - which attracted the envious and paranoid jealousy of Satlin, which led him to torture and death in the cellars of Lubyanka. He and a soon a very huge percentage of the officers of the Red Army. In 1966, on the occasion of a new official visit by De Gaulle to Moscow, the general mentioned Tukhachevsky and expressed his wish to meet his sisters, who were still alive. Surprising encounter in any case...

[@marcinkozowski5941]

De Gaulle the great man of the free France, salute!

[@hanggaranurpurwanta]

Dziekujemy ,.

[@joefeldkamp5171]

The French government, after having asked for an armistice, now knows the conditions dictated by the enemy. The result of these conditions would be the complete demobilisation of the French land, sea, and air forces, the surrender of our weapons and the total occupation of French territory. The French government would come under German and Italian tutelage. It may therefore be said that this armistice would not only be a capitulation, but that it would also reduce the country to slavery. Now, a great many Frenchmen refuse to accept either capitulation or slavery, for reasons which are called: honour, common sense, and the higher interests of the country. I say honour, for France has undertaken not to lay down arms save in agreement with her allies. As long as the allies continue the war, her government has no right to surrender to the enemy. The Polish, Norwegian, Belgian, Netherlands, and Luxemburg governments, though driven from their territories, have thus interpreted their duty. I say common sense, for it is absurd to consider the struggle as lost. True, we have suffered a major defeat. We lost the battle of France through a faulty military system, mistakes in the conduct of operations, and the defeatist spirit shown by the government during recent battles. But we still have a vast empire, our fleet is intact, and we possess large sums in gold. We still have allies, who possess immense resources and who dominate the seas. We still have the gigantic potentialities of American industry. The same war conditions which caused us to be beaten by 5,000 planes and 6,000 tanks can tomorrow bring victory by means of 20,000 tanks and 20,000 planes. I say the higher interests of the country, for this is not a Franco-German war to be decided by a single battle. This is a world war. No one can foresee whether the neutral countries of today will not be at war tomorrow, or whether Germany's allies will always remain her allies. If the powers of freedom ultimately triumph over those of servitude, what will be the fate of a France which has submitted to the enemy? Honour, common sense, and the interests of the country require that all free Frenchmen, wherever they be, should continue the fight as best they may. It is therefore necessary to group the largest possible French force wherever this can be done. Everything which can be collected by way of French military elements and potentialities for armaments production must be organised wherever such elements exist. I, General de Gaulle, am undertaking this national task here in England. I call upon all French servicemen of the land, sea, and air forces; I call upon French engineers and skilled armaments workers who are on British soil, or have the means of getting here, to come and join me. I call upon the leaders, together with all soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the French land, sea, and air forces, wherever they may now be, to get in touch with me. I call upon all Frenchmen who want to remain free to listen to my voice and follow me. Long live free France in honour and independence!

[@seanlander9321]

Very true, the Soviet Union was Germany’s formidable ally but was later its enemy. Very impressive foresight from deGaulle.

[@Iamhermajesty9]

Thank you

[@alextucker5819]

Is that really what he said? That was beautiful!

[@genevievemaurer6099]

Un merci éternel au Général de Gaulle qui nous sauva des nazis et nous a rendu notre honneur et notre grandeur. C est un tel homme dont à besoin et qu'attendent les français en 2022. ❤

[@alicie649]

Il n'a rien sauvé du tout. Charles était en Angleterre, il n'a rien fait de spéciale. Donc pourquoi son petit fils se donne des honneurs de cet homme ? C'est des mensonges et ses idées et opinions ne sont pas celles des 'français', qui ne sont absolument pas les mêmes qu'à cette époque. Ils s’accommodaient avec les allemands, sauf quelques-uns. D'ailleurs ils n'avaient pas trop le choix.

[@Global_Occult_Coalition-FR]

​@@alicie649Étudier l'histoire.

[@alicie649]

@@Global_Occult_Coalition-FR ce que je fais. Mais l'histoire , (selon son âge) est soit vécue (en partie) ou lue des années après selon les historiens qui, souvent n'ont pas les mêmes avis, et qui ont des préjugés chacun s, selon leur penchant politique, religieux etc. Il se créer aussi des 'légendes' qui persistent, surtout quand on fait la promotion d'un tel, ou on élimine un autre. Et qu'on donne une 'couleur' ou 'badge' à certains plus que d'autres. C'est bien le cas en France surtout autour de WWII

[@Global_Occult_Coalition-FR]

@@alicie649 De Gaulle était en Angleterre car si il était resté en France, il aurait probablement était chercher par les Nazis puis fusillé. Il a clairement fait appel aux français de résister face à l'occupant se qui n'est pas rien. Il ne faut pas oublier que les américains voulaient nous administrer après la libération et De Gaulle à empêcher cela. Il à maintenu notre indépendance. Quand le peuple ne voulait plus de lui, alors, il a démissionner. Est ce que Macron ferait ça ou bien Sarkozy, Hollande etc...? Non. Comment ce fait il que, encore aujourd'hui on puisse dire du mal de De Gaulle après tous se qu'il a fait ? C'est facile de dire "De Gaulle est un lâche qui a quitté la France pour aller au Royaume-Uni" surtout quand on n'est très mal renseigné à propos de lui.

[@nicolasmassoulier6116]

@@alicie649 Mon grand-père a été pétainiste 4 mois, parce qu'il avait fait la première guerre mondiale et qu'il faisait confiance à Pétain, le seul chef qui avait commencé en épargnant les hommes . Mais...ça n'a pas durée longtemps. Et lorsque on est venu lui demander des "services" pour la Résistance il a dit oui sans poser de question. Et il était croix de feu, _un mouvement de droite républicaine assez dure, le contraire d'un communiste, ça n'a pas empêché les cocos du village - et apparentés - de lui faire confiance. Tout notre village de Beaumont le Roger était sur la même longueur d'ondes. (D'ailleurs, à la Libération, quand dans les rues il vit, bardés de médailles et le verbe haut, soudainement, des gens qu'il n'avait jamais rien vu faire, sinon ramper devant l'occupant, il est immédiatement rentré chez lui en demandant à ma grand-mère de lui retirer ses hochets personnelles, ses "preuves de Résistance", de découdre ça vite de sa veste et de les jeter). Enfin...c'est la vie et ses éternels profiteurs En tous cas il suffit de lire le Journal de Galtier Bossière, les souvenirs de Danier Cordier, ou encore allez lire - comme je l'ai fait- les journaux clandestins qui commencent à sortir dès 1940 et ce qu'ils clament. Tous les français qui n'avaient pas du sang de navet rejetaient les allemands du fond de leurs tripes et de leurs âmes. Cane veut pas sire qu'ils étaient tous résistants, très loin de là, mais ils rejetait l'envahisseur. Le jour du défilé de la Wehrmacht à Paris les gens étaient blêmes, étouffaient leur larmes, c'était un jour de deuil et de honte . Du grand avocat très à droite Maurice Garçon révulsé à la vue de l'étoile jaune et aidant au maximum à sortir des griffes de la Gestapo ceux qu'ils pouvaient grâce à son entregent jusqu'à des artistes apolitiques comme le charmant poète Desnos -mort pour faits de résistance au camp de Theresienstadt -, à part les margoulins qui se faisaient de l'argent et l'infime minorité d’authentique collabo, les français n'attendaient qu'une chose : que les allemands soient vaincus.Mon grand-père paternel m'&a raconté comment le jour de l'annonce de la défaite de Stalingrad, tout Paris sentait la joie, discrètement dehors, parce qu'ils n'étaient pas à prendre avec des pincettes la race supérieure qui sentait que ça branlait dur dans le Reich millénaire. Allez donc étudier les travaux de l'institut d'histoire contemporaine, notamment les années 41, 42, tout ce qu'on a pu récupérer, comme lettres, journaux intimes etc :tout pointe vers un rejet massif des allemands. Encore une fois, il n'est que de lire le journal au jour le jour de Jean Galtier Boissière (édition du Quai Voltaire). C'est ça, la vérité de la France sous l'occupation. Même ce vieux pétainiste de Léautaud dans les quelques 3000 pages (sur près de 20 000, lu 4 fois) se désespère du "mauvais esprit" des parisiens quine sont pas touché par la "politesse" allemande. Il en rage de nous voir, nous français, si "haineux" (Léautaud dixit) si remontés contre nos conquérants si propres sur eux. Il faut voir sa rage quand il se rend compte que plus de 80 % des gens qu'il rencontre sont anti-allemands. Que ça plaise ou nom, voilà ce qu'était l'état d'esprit d'une majorité du peuple de France.

[@gojigameplay3665]

Mon frère, nous continuerons à nous battre même dans cette situation. LONGUE VIE À LA FRANCE

[@Kirbo_el_pelushe]

Being a Spanish speaker I could understand almost all of his speech.... Great Frenchman has this man

[@MarkHarrison733]

He was a traitor to France.

[@jaa6786]

@@MarkHarrison733 Non

[@feelingsfeelings.2848]

​@@MarkHarrison733Pétain was the traitor.

[@anakinwho8736]

Et dire que certains ose penser que on a perdu et capituler en nous traitants de lache..

[@BFVK]

C'est a cause de lui: il n’arrêtait pas de dire que les français ont CAPITULE alors que c'est FAUX: ils ont signé un armistice. Et oui les français étaient vaincus.

[@anakinwho8736]

@@BFVK tu connais petain ? la france de vichy? la resistance?

[@BFVK]

@@anakinwho8736 Si de Gaulle n'avait pas dit continuellement a Radio Londres ce mensonge que les français ont capitulé et qu'ils n'ont pas d'honneur alors aujourd'hui les anglo saxons n'auraient pas de "surrender jokes" pour se moquer des français "Une baguette dans une poche, un drapeau blanc dans l'autre" "Entrainement du soldat français: lever les bras le plus vite possible" "Rétroviseurs sur les chars pour que le pilote voit la ligne de front" "Pourquoi des arbres le long des routes de France ? Pour que l'armée allemande marche a l'ombre" Tout ça c'est grace a de Gaulle et ses mensonges malhonnetes. Pétain ? C'est celui qui a financé la résistance alsacienne, qui a donné les clés a Weygand pour qu'il reconstruise une armée en Afrique avec pour but de rallier les américains a la première occasion. Celui qui a passé des accords avec les anglo saxons pour ravitailler la zone libre en nourriture. Celui qui a sauvé les 3/4 des juifs en France. La résistance, c'est dès l'été 1940 des royalistes, des droitards, des patriotes, des pétainiste etc... il faut attendre juin 1941 pour que les communistes cessent leur collaboration avec les allemands (après avoir saboté le matériel de l'armée française, distribué des tracts pour saboter le moral des soldats français, avoir fait des courbettes aux allemands pour faire reparaitre l'Humanité etc) pour les voir commettre des attentats stupides contres les allemands avec pour seul résultat d'entrer dans une spirale de répression allemande toujours plus sanglante. D'Estienes D'Orves était royaliste Le lieutenant de vaisseau Philippon était Pétiniste Michel Hollard apolitique Du renseignement, des choses utiles... pas comme les sabotages débiles des communistes. Faire péter un rail en 1942 ça ne sert a rien d'autre que des otages fusillés par les allemands... Envoyer les plans des V1 a Londres, des infos sur l'arrivée de cuirassés a Brest etc ça c'est utile Pauvre maréchal, sans ce menteur manipulateur magouilleur de de Gaulle il serait a Douaumont parmi les siens.

[@hovocaine]

Vive le général De Gaulle 🇫🇷

[@Int-p123]

Lol it's my comfort vid on yt

[@samuelphillips4258]

I feel sorry for what happend to france during ww2 they suffered badly in ww1 Germany was not supposed to attack france again or croos the Rhine

[@jacobylamb2306]

De Gaulle Was a great president for france and a great general

[@tupakavoker]

Lol I thought French sounds better, this one sounds like very very FRENCHY French I don't know how to describe it

[@Martin-sf8nx]

The word you're looking for is "perfection" my dear non french speaking friend. It's like listening to the rain gently falling on the roof.

[@nivetha9154]

@@Martin-sf8nx haha :D

[@pierrebotella3603]

For us French speakers it does not seem "Frenchy French" to us, it is a normal speaking, of course. De Gaulle speaks solemnly here, so perhaps a particular tone and articulation. It gives you perhaps an even more Frenchy impression, more ridiculous (?) therefore compared to your own language, your pronunciation and your ear. But we also have fun with the English pronunciation. It's like living in a different world when you don't speak the same language.

[@michaelkeha]

Given the hell and tyranny looming over France I'd say you need another le General to help rally the country

[@GeoNoob]

Agreed

[@alicie649]

What happened a year ago ? What tabloid news did you read ? Some immigrant or son of attacking another ? Or raping some girl(s). Nothing like that happens in the UK of course. Of course that happens in Fr everyday too, as in many countries that have left the gates open for MENA immigrants. The result of these naive and incompétent politiciens will be a vote to the extreme right. Which will automatically provoke riots by the extreme left.

[@Zlarel]

... I'm kinda baffled to see absolutely no translation anywhere here. The video itself, sure, but not in the description, not even the comments. I could and will look it up elsewhere but it just surprises me, seems a rather obvious thing to include.

[@petebondurant58]

Paris was a far more livable city in 1941, than it is in 2023.

[@tigertiger1699]

Can we imagine our nation falling.., and the blade in teeth to get it back… For our parents, like so many others.. this was a close possibility / reality…🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@w5527]

Is there a translation of this speech anywhere? I’d love to know exactly what he’s saying

[@anakinwho8736]

The French defeat was caused by the mechanical, air and ground strength of the enemy. The lightning action of this mechanical force led to the collapse of the morale of the command and the government. In the face of this collapse, two paths are opening themselves. The one of abandonment and despair, it led to the capitulation, it is the one chosen by the Pétain government. The other is done of honour and hope, it is the one that my companions and I have taken. We believe that the honour of the French is to continue the war alongside their allies, and we are determined to do so. We hope that one day a superior mechanical force will allow us to have victory and deliver the homeland."

[@justm6712]

@@anakinwho8736 ty

[@charliecili]

@@anakinwho8736 much obliged

[@wudingjie7845]

last french real man

[@hocinelahlah5379]

I don't know why French people think Charles de G is an Ignorant

[@Lebretonvenitien]

French people love De Gaulle ❤

[@hocinelahlah5379]

YOU NEED TO READ HIS BIOGRAPHY AS WELL AS HIS BOOK? 👋

[@ELIOSANFELIU]

L'esprit de liberte¡¡

[@qilingren]

一个真正伟大的领导者

[@Resistenza_italiana]

For france

[@C.A._Old]

He is declear free france, plus hope still have. For freedom!

[@samdiego1965]

6’5”. Tall man

[@tektoastium7241]

Everyone forgets that if France had geared itself for a war against Germany by attacking, France could easily have steamrolled Hitler's regime. France had 5 million battle-ready personnel in 1940, many of whom had fought the bulk of the Imperial German army on the western front from 1914 to 1918. If there was any Western power who truly exemplified- and exemplifies today- it is France.

[@davidnavarro4821]

Thank you for this footage. There aren’t subtitles. Most likely because it was aimed at the French public.

[@Yacine-e9p]

C'est la Régence d'Alger, là où on croit chez nous mais... Il y a un Roi. Viking

[@ralucaplesan4447]

Could somebody write the original words?

[@baccasable1038]

"La défaite française a été causée par la force mécanique, aérienne et terrestre de l'ennemi. L'action foudroyante de cette force mécanique a amené l'effondrement du moral du commandement et du gouvernement. Devant cet effondrement, deux voies s'ouvrent. Celle de l'abandon et du désespoir, elle menait à la capitulation, c'est celle qu'a choisie le gouvernement Pétain. L'autre est celle de l'honneur et de l'espérance, c'est celle que nous avons prise, mes compagnons et moi. Nous croyons que l'honneur des français consiste à continuer la guerre aux côtés de leurs alliés, et nous sommes résolus à le faire. Nous espérons qu'un jour, une force mécanique supérieure nous permettra d'avoir la victoire et de délivrer la patrie."

[@sol2544]

@@baccasable1038 thank you kind man

[@noroi_2144]

@@baccasable1038 4 years later . Oof

[@jpc7118]

@@sol2544 and its english translation : The French defeat was caused by the mechanical, air and ground strength of the enemy. The lightning action of this mechanical force led to the collapse of the morale of the command and the government. In the face of this collapse, two paths are opening themselves. The one of abandonment and despair, it led to the capitulation, it is the one chosen by the Pétain government. The other is done of honour and hope, it is the one that my companions and I have taken. We believe that the honour of the French is to continue the war alongside their allies, and we are determined to do so. We hope that one day a superior mechanical force will allow us to have victory and deliver the homeland."

[@whois8042]

Thank u so much

[@juliogalvan2832]

1:00

[@gringo19860]

Does someone please have this texte en français PDF s'il vous plait ?

[@MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr]

honestly he almost beat the stereotype of the white flag frenchie

[@AVANHALEN21]

viva la France !

[@DanBeech-ht7sw]

I wish that the British government had treated him far more diplomatically, and with a long term view to post-war relations with France. I suspect that our government just expected endless gratitude, which if so was naive and shortsighted.

[@DonRoux]

He knew it was only about fuel …

[@LeSpaghet]

Here's a Transcript of this video i took from another reply so that everyone can see it: "La défaite française a été causée par la force mécanique, aérienne et terrestre de l'ennemi. L'action foudroyante de cette force mécanique a amené l'effondrement du moral du commandement et du gouvernement. Devant cet effondrement, deux voies s'ouvrent. Celle de l'abandon et du désespoir, elle menait à la capitulation, c'est celle qu'a choisie le gouvernement Pétain. L'autre est celle de l'honneur et de l'espérance, c'est celle que nous avons prise, mes compagnons et moi. Nous croyons que l'honneur des français consiste à continuer la guerre aux côtés de leurs alliés, et nous sommes résolus à le faire. Nous espérons qu'un jour, une force mécanique supérieure nous permettra d'avoir la victoire et de délivrer la patrie."

[@justgrey3114]

by "free frenchmen" does that include the millions of africans under french colony at the time? hypsocrisy

[@christineschmidt4706]

Good luck to France and the search for a de gaulle mesuring wisely not allowing islamists neither nazis and ending macrons nwo order takers of the bank

[@PanzerKampfWagen-d5b]

I hate when people put there grotty watermarks on historic videos

[@LeonitiusEmpire]

You do know that 'british pathé' is an official agency that existed during WW2? That's why there's the watermark, because THEY FILMED IT

[@lalampedetk78]

meilleur homme de France même si la nouvelle génération déteste notre France

[@FalconRS]

At the time, wasn't he basically just a rogue officer acting against legitimate government? And British decided to make it even harder for him, when they treacherously bombed French fleet and then attacked Dakar. Maybe they could let him do just more speeches.

[@EngPheniks]

For some odd reason, he reminds me of the Inspector Clouseau

[@mpa-vr]

why does gaulle look like him

[@teodytrinidad9497]

Lost in Ria because of Archery

[@douluodalu2472]

L'ennemi était ailleurs, le déclin de la france en est l'exemple évident

[@putuwahyuprabhawaadiwidya2169]

English Translation please...

[@flaviocesarflorespaz9843]

Hey pongan los conentarios que le hacen al mariscal

[@dgkdavyjones5157]

Lol ur just mad I went around your schieße line lol

[@anakinwho8736]

yes but actually no

[@anakinwho8736]

And its Magino line,Not schieße Line Lol

[@sakuyabrando3317]

scheiße line😂😂epic

[@sakuyabrando3317]

But one thing, De Gaulle doesn't favor the scheiße line much. Blitzkrieg is actually a theory from this man

[@sirrobinofloxley7156]

Well, the Allied victory has turned out nice for France, hasn't it.

[@HooDatDonDar]

Just so.

[@dadrich2]

0:09 0:18

[@trollgegamingrblx.1467]

Petain disliked this video

[@peppertrout]

Just like ESL.

[@sadoegueh3259]

je suis français

[@hassankhaled9146]

During WW2, DeGaulle stayed in Cairo for sometime enjoying the sunshine in a lovely quartier, and nice apartment overlookong Gezira Sporting Club not far from river Nile. Maybe he gave this speech from there. Anyway; I was passing by this place this morning on my way to the Irish Consulate in Cairo.

[@Admin-sk8ew]

0:09

[@donathandorko]

What did he say about Petain at the beginning? With hindsight of course, I would suggest the old hero should be forever shamed. De Gaulle >>> petain

[@Shazroxiasteam]

He says that there are two ways to respond to the French defeat: despair and surrender, as Pétain's government chose, or hope and honor, as he and the other free frenchmen chose

[@donathandorko]

@@Shazroxiasteam Thank you

[@Dmitry_Medvedev]

Petain was a good man. Unfortunate and unfitting ends for one of Frances most valiant of knights.

[@BFVK]

He says a lie: Pétain didn't surrender, he signed an armistice, it's totally different.

[@sakuyabrando3317]

@@BFVK i think Vichy France helped Germany much more than Free France helped the Allies. it's not armstice it's even worse than capitulation

[@KhunPram]

Gak paham

[@pardo5620]

Vive Pétain, royal libérateur de la France

[@Λουθηρανισμός]

La langue francaise en guerre.

[@creepermanolo2]

He was a great figure in war But he brought the fivth republic. The presidential monarchy that gaves us macron