General Gamelin

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2020-03-09 10:06
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General Gamelin
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Gamelin, General Maurice
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Although The Mansion quotes "the splendid glittering figure of Gamelin" telling the French people to "Be calm. I am here" (231), in historical fact Maurice Gamelin was the French Army General whose handling of the German invasion in World War II was a disastrous failure.

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