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unusual facts about Free France



Adrien Tixier

He joined General de Gaulle, who charged him in November 1941, to represent the Free France in Washington, where he is appreciated by the Roosevelt administration.

Gilbert Renault

Convinced that it was necessary to mobilize all forces against the occupation, he put the French Communist Party in touch with the exiled government of Free France in January 1943.


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Republic of the Congo–France relations

During World War II, the AEF administration sided with Free French President Charles de Gaulle, and Brazzaville became the symbolic capital of Free France from 1940-43.