Official questionExamen Civique
De quand date l'appel à la résistance du général de Gaulle ?
When did General de Gaulle make his call to resistance?
Correct answer
18 juin 1940
18 June 1940
Why
On 18 June 1940, from London on BBC radio, General de Gaulle called on the French to continue fighting against Nazi Germany. It is seen as the founding act of the Free French.
Answer choices
- A14 juillet 178914 July 1789
- B18 juin 194018 June 1940
- C8 mai 19458 May 1945
- D11 novembre 191811 November 1918