De Gaulle's June 18, 1940 broadcast in this city asking for France's leadership led to a death sentence in a French court
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Charles de Gaulle did not just make broadcasts to occupied France, but 
organized the Free... [DOC] [TLE] The World at War - French Empire Timeline 1940-45 [PAR] Laval upheld the reputation of Bordeaux as the city where France went to loose.