Abstract
London was the first capital city of Free France, the French external resistance movement led by Charles de Gaulle. This city also hosted a dynamic French community and since 1910 a French Institute. This piece reviews the Second World War archives held at the French Institute, with a focus on the documents of its then director, Denis Saurat, who was one of the first London French to rally to de Gaulle. However, by 1942 Saurat had become a leading anti-Gaullist and the French Institute archives allow scholars to add nuance to the history of Free France and wartime Britain.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 155-162 |
| Journal | British Journal for Military History |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 10 Nov 2020 |
Keywords
- Institut français du Royaume Uni
- Second World War
- Free France
- Charles de Gaulle
- LONDON UK
- France Libre
- archive
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