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Charles De Gaulle landed at...

history · 20 August 1944 · 80 years ago

Charles De Gaulle landed at Cherbourg, France. Meeting Dwight Eisenhower later in the day, he convinced the Allied commander that the French capital of Paris should be a priority objective that should not be bypassed. 

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