Appeal of 18 June Appeal of 18 June The Appeal of 18 June () was a famous speech by Charles de Gaulle, the leader of the Free French Forces, in 1940. The appeal is often considered to be the origin of the French Resistance to the German occupation during World War II. De Gaulle spoke to the French people from London after the fall of France. He declared that the war for France was not yet over, and rallied the country in support of the Resistance. It is regarded as one of the most important speeches in French history. In spite of its reputation
Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong the French, "The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed" (St. Martin's Press, 2016). This new book is not an update of "Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong", but it uses a similar approach to analyze and describe the way the French talk – about small things and big issues, themselves and the world around them, including their own taboos. "Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong" inspired the authors' second book, "The Story of French", (St. Martin’s Press, Knopf Canada and Anova-Robson Books, 2006), a history of French language as it's spoken across the planet. There are two