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This TV drama tells the story of the final days of the fall of France to the Nazi’s in June 1940. Chaos and violence had taken over the towns and villages and the French army had been defeated by the Nazi troops. It shows how De Gaulle supported by Churchill urged the French population to resist through a radio broadcast from London. What pressures were imposed upon De Gaulle?
What did he negotiate with the English?
What did he commit to?
What happened during those hours which ended up transforming De Gaulle into the legendary figure we know today? This powerful made for television film re-creates all of the drama that surrounded that climactic moment in June 1940 when De Gaulle and Churchill stood together during the darkest days of World War II to confront the Nazi threat and broadcast the historic first call of resistance to an occupied Europe.
1. Opening
2. 17th May 1940 - 4 p.m. Battle of Montcornet HQ
3. 7th June 1940 - 3 p.m. Paris, Ministry of War
4. 8th June 1940 - 11 a.m. Supreme Army Headquarters
5. 9th June 1940 - 3:30 a.m. Paul Reynaud's Apartments
6. 9th June 1940 - 10 a.m. London, 10 Downing Street
7. 10th June 1940 - 9 p.m. Paris, Presidency of Council of Ministers
8. 11th June 1940 - 8 a.m. Touraine, Chateau du Muguet
9. 14th June 1940 - 6 p.m. Bordeaux, Government Office
10. 15th June 1940 - 7:30 a.m. Village of Carantec
11. 16th June 1940 - 3 a.m. London, Hyde Park Hotel
12. 16th June 1940 - 10:15 p.m. Bordeaux, Government Office
13. 17th June 1940 - 9 a.m. Bordeaux, Merignac Aerodrome
14. 17th June 1940 - 4:30 p.m. London, 10 Downing Street
15. 18th June 1940 - 7 a.m.
16. 18th June 1940 - 6 p.m. BBC Studios
17. Postscript
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