France Would Fight If Britain Lands Force
LARGE MAJORITY FAVOUR DE GAULLE Received Wednesday, 7.30 p.m. NEW YORK, April 29. Ninety-five per cent, of the population of unoccupied France would rise up and fight the Germans if the British landed an armed force on the Mediterranean coast, M. Akuon de Gaillow, the French inventor, said on arrival from France. He added that about 60 per cent, of the people in occupied France favoured de Gaulle and were working underground for him.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 102, 1 May 1941, Page 7
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