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To: lizol

You know, partner, I was reading a massive biography of Charles de Gaulle over the weekend (728 pages; finished it in two days)--I wasn't aware de Gaulle was in Poland during the war against the Soviet invasion of circa 1920.


4 posted on 05/02/2005 10:43:13 AM PDT by franksolich (oh, it's just a prefix, a minor detail, can't be important)
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To: franksolich
Yes, he was.
He was a member of French military mision, led by General Maxime Weygand - to support Polish General Staff Command.
5 posted on 05/02/2005 10:47:10 AM PDT by lizol
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To: franksolich
De Gaulle had even opportunity to become a major in the Polish army.
11 posted on 05/03/2005 6:39:51 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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