Call for Resistance in France
Call for Resistance in France is held on June 18. In honor of the call for resistance made by General de Gaulle on the radio from London in 1940. This event in the second decade of the month June is annual. 
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The National Assembly established May 27 as National Resistance Day. This day is an opportunity to reflect on the values of the Resistance and those carried by the program of the National Council of the Resistance.
On June 18, 1940, General de Gaulle launched, from London, his famous appeal to refuse defeat and to continue the fight against the enemy. In its wake, Free France and the internal Resistance gradually organized themselves.
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