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Long live the resistance!
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German tanks cross Meuse Line with Blitzkreig attack
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Prime Minister of France, Petain calls for ceasefire
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Charles de Gaulle calls for le French to resist
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Armistice is signed, France is divided
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Communist resistance cells join into a single resistance group, increasing their effectiveness
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Bruneval raid by Britain, with the help of French intelligence information
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Germany occupies the whole of France
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First meeting of le Conseil National de Resistance
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Eisenhower asks the resistance to distract the Germans during the Normandy D-Day landings
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Germans retaliate by slaughtering the inhabitants of Oratour-sur-Giane, then setting the village on fire.
