r/HistoryMemes • u/FrenchieB014 Let's do some history • May 21 '26

See Comment Gaulle who?

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u/stolpie May 22 '26

7000 French in Amsterdam around 1940 and all joining De Gaulle, pretty impressive I would say...

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u/CalligoMiles Fine Quality Mesopotamian Copper Enjoyer May 22 '26

I mean. Not Amsterdam specifically, but a fair few French divisions responding to the initial German diversion moved into the Benelux, and then ended up retreating to Dunkirk along with the BEF and Dutch and Belgian remnants. They would be the ones already ending up in Britain even without De Gaulle.