"Bayeux Sub-Prefecture"

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15 June 2024

BAYEUX, FRANCE - JUNE 14: General view of the Small Room de Gaulle inside the Bayeux Sub-Prefecture, where General de Gaulle is said to have prepared his famous Bayeux speech, in Bayeux, Normandy, France, on June 14, 2024. A few days after the Normandy landings, General de Gaulle arrived in Bayeux on June 14, 1944, to counter American administration plans, and his enthusiastic reception affirmed his legitimacy, allowing the provisional government to take control in Paris after its liberation.

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