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- Oct 2024
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www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
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escaped again.
Whaaaat?!
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Jean Moulin
President of resistance
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items from the prison have been put in the resistance museum in Glieres,
Fun fact
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There he was tortured by the infamous Gestapo officer Klaus Barbie, and his assistants.
Look up Barbie
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guides.loc.gov guides.loc.gov
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Unfortunately, it was entirely avoided by the Germans as their superior Panzer tanks (Panzerkampfwagen) plowed through the "impenetrable" Ardennes forest as part of the Blitzkrieg that characterized early German victories in WWII.
This makes more sense
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historians point to the fatigue of the French citizenry, who were still recovering from the loss of young men killed during WWI.
I have wondered why Germany was able to so easily march into France, this makes sense.
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Pétain headed the new government from the southern spa town of Vichy, but his authority was limited, and many regarded the Vichy regime as a mere puppet government
Vichy Water - Casablanca
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