by jeff.sanders | Nov 27, 2016 | Blog
In the spring of 1940 Nazi Germany burst through the French and British armies and forced them to evacuate at Dunkirk. One French naval officer, Philippe Kieffer, fled to Great Britain in order to carry on the fight against the Nazis. While he was in Great Britain he...
by jeff.sanders | Nov 16, 2016 | Blog
The government of France was knocked out of World War II in 1940, but not all of its fighting men. Charles De Gaulle (along with a few other French generals) led the charge to keep Frenchmen fighting against the Nazi tyranny. By 1943 the French colonial Army of Africa...
by jeff.sanders | Nov 12, 2016 | Blog
I just saw the latest Mel Gibson film “Hacksaw Ridge.” Very well done movie. It tells the story of the devout Seventh Day Adventist and pacifist Desmond Does and his incredibly heroic actions on Hacksaw Ridge at the Battle of Okinawa. Warning: If you are...
by jeff.sanders | Nov 9, 2016 | Blog
The French military was humiliated in the spring of 1940, with the German armies rapidly cutting off their army and the British at Dunkirk. The French government collapsed, and those remaining in power quickly signed an armistice with the Germans. Hitler allowed the...
