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Av loren adams - 12 juni 2014 09:08

 
An original photo of généraux Charles de Gaulle and Edward Spears taken in London in June 1940.
 
 Spears accompanied de Gaulle on his infamous flight from Bordeaux to London in the morning of 17th June 1940. Accounts differ as to exactly what took place, Spears saying in his memoires that he had hauled de Gaulle into the plane as it was preparing to take off. De Gaulle's version is that he had planned the night before his decision to leave France and to return in the plane which had been put at his disposal by the British.
Early in the morning of the 17th June, the plane with its three passengers, de Gaulle, his aide-de-camp Geoffrey de Courcel and Edward Spears, took off from the aerodrome at Mérignac-Bordeaux. It flew over La Rochelle, continued up the Atlantic coast and over Brittany where de Gaulle's elderly mother was dying. The plane landed at Jersey to refuel and Spears went and got a coffee for de Gaulle. He took a sip and said that he hadn't asked for tea. Spears replied that's not tea that's coffee ! After refuelling they took off and landed at Heston, an aerodrome on the outskirts of London.
 
That evening in London de Gaulle was asked about his mission. He replied that he was not on a mission, he was here to save the honour of France. Later the same evening he met with Churchill who offered him the facilities at the BBC to broadcast his "appel du 18 juin".
 
 

Av loren adams - 8 juni 2014 18:42

On 5 November 1918, six days before the cease fire was blown on the west front, held President Woodrow Wilson a power and a prestige that few statesmen before or after him in a similar diplomatic, political and militar situation. Wilson had an edge against both his enemies and connected that made him supreme.  

If the world's foremost democracy went to war the motives must be noble and selfless, morally impeccable. The U.S could not go in the fight for a compromise peace but for an eternal peace, not to move any boundaries but to create an ideal world structure. 

But war with noble and good purposes becomes limitless and devastating. The moral zeal to eradicate all evil and violence can only lead to a morally legitimate exercise of boundless violence. It is only logical that eventually poison the vegetation and hurl bombs from the sky that can harm everyone on the enemy side, for absolute good must win an absolute victory.

Wilson fought for the perfect justice, the perfected world, and then there was no room for compromises. In the peace he created in Paris were prerequisites for any new war. His compatriots continued to pull the crusade, here and there, until they, at least for the moment - got stuck in the Afghan mountains.


Av loren adams - 7 juni 2014 21:31

Local officials say flooding in northern Afghanistan has killed more than 70 people and left hundreds missing.
Authorities in the Guzirga i-Nur district of Baghlan province say the death toll is likely to climb.
The police chief said many women and children are among the victims.
Massive flash floods caused by torrential rains in northern Afghanistan are common in the spring and primitive villages cannot withstand the force of the flooding.

The defence ministry says that two army helicopters have been deployed to provide assistance - correspondents say the landing difficulties mean it is not clear how they will now be used.

 

 
Av loren adams - 6 juni 2014 21:30

  President Barack Obama speaks to more than 10,000 attendees at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-Sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2014, commemorating the memory of the fallen Soldiers who gave their lives 70 years ago fighting to liberate northwestern Europe. During the ceremony approximately 400 World War II veterans sat behind the two presidents and faced the crowd while listening to the speeches, almost all reacting with standing applause and emotion as they sat only miles from where they fought for their lives. The event was one of several commemorations of the 70th Anniversary of D-Day operations conducted June 6, 1944, by the Allies. Task Force Normandy, led by the 173rd Airborne Brigade, out of Vicenza, Italy, has organized 650 personnel from 20 U.S units and six nations, at the invitation of the French government, to participate in the events happening across the Normandy region.

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