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This week in the war, 1–7 July 1940: England’s Last War Against France

Posted on July 4, 2012 by secondbysecond

England’s last war against France—as recounted in Colin Smith’s book of that very title—was not fought in Napoleonic times. We are not talking Wellington versus Bonaparte at Waterloo. Rather: Winston Churchill versus Marshal Philip Petain, leader of Vichy France. Their war … Continue reading →

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