Saturday, October 31, 2009

WWII Resistance Hero was Capriciously 'Told to Leave'

“We don't need you here. You too must go home. Au revoir”

- General de Gaulle



Late British officer Peter Lake was parachuted in to occupied France to help train resistance fighters. Three months after D-Day, he encountered the anger of the master of self-made myth, all the way down to his name.

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