#philippe leclerc

[citizentaleo]

I watched “La Bataille de Gaulle” movies and I loved it 🗣️

I drew Charles de Gaulle, Jean Moulin and Philippe Leclerc like in the movies, I hope I didn’t fail 😅

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Général Leclerc reviews troops from the 20th Indian division in Saigon, December 1945.

[threeroyalcousinsfan1914]

Who came up with the idea of anglicizing names because I am NOT going to look at Philippe de Hauteclocque and call him Phil Bell.

[sanjaangie]

Le General Leclerc

[animatedfilmoftheday]

Today’s animated film is: “The Rain Children” (2003)

“The Pyross and the Hydross are have been at war for as long as they can remember. The Pyross, who worship the sun, water brings only death and desolation, whereas the Hydross must always stay protected from heat, which petrifies them.”            

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Colonel Philippe Leclerc with commandants Poletti and Louis Dio in Qatrun, Libya around 1941.

Another appearance of the "weird uniform", making me believe this was around the time of Koufra.

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Images of Niels Schneider as General Leclerc in the upcoming two part biopic: La Bataille de Gaulle

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Today is the 85th anniversary of the Capture of Koufra. While it is normally an afterthought in the grand scheme of World War II history, it was an important battle for then Colonel Philippe Leclerc and the Free French overall.

Koufra was a small outpost in southern Libya and had been under control of the Italians since 1931. The battle began in early 1941 with assistance from the British Long Range Desert Group and the Free French, but it was the Free French under Leclerc which laid siege to the fort at the end of February.

With several trucks broken down and destroyed on the way to the fort, they used their one 75mm gun to shell the fort, and moved it and the trucks around to give the appearance of a much larger force attacking the fort. This led to the inexperienced Italian commander surrendering to Leclerc.

This battle is significant due to the oath taken afterwards. Since this was one of the first major victories of the Free French, it led to a significant boost in morale with the troops and led to Leclerc being promoted to Brigadier General. He also had his men take the Oath of Koufra, swearing to never stop fighting until the French flag flies over the Strasbourg cathedral, and in 1944, Leclerc's division would be the one to liberate Strasbourg and fulfill the oath.