The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
Showing posts with label "Ici Londres". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "Ici Londres". Show all posts
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
"Ici Londres": Franck Bauer Underground Radio Announcer Dies-- Part 2
The broadcast that French citizens secretly listened to with wireless radios gave news of the free world, countered Nazi propaganda and transmitted coded instructions to resistance fighters.
"Ici Londres" -- "This is London" -- became a code word after Charles De Gaulle's appeal for armed resistance in June 1940.
--GreGen
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