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Jl-The Great Invasion:Churchill in StampsHY MPages 211-216: OPERATION O\ EKLOR1)CatJaûe nitmhtrr tire SnJit \*t t and \hinlt• (i-I'J\ anoi\eisiir}' stamps and th? l i ws \u:tiirj in hnropr tiittiiiiL-iiKiraTtvcs »erc on the siciii; Ihnse recent itsiu 1 * nfu-r cnuniioiiN \cisatilrty un the 0 Da\portrd> the drama and Jancor ot that linn: \\\wn the tatc oi 1 uropehung tn the balance21].211. When prcpantit; this sectinn 1 rcali/nl 1 itaitn i irc.iUd I'-Da\ AL all. so this ha-uK asscinblcii pji:f mil ha\e to do until Icaiibettei assa\ llm subicci with rciem 5'Hh anm\t.i£ai\ ^tanlpsThe text it., of Loursc Chuii-hill s lioin iliainatK lonurk, to tlioHouse un 0 June, and his tek-gt.nn 10 Stalin oi ihe same d.ue TheIOUVcmr sheet isl'pper\olla^^| iimpcil MIMOIO212. ChurchiJI-rdalcd \JCR1 C(imnifinor.iu\c Mliisirat. 1 the liberationof Pans Ihf block at bottom show*- Xinetuan mlJicr^ on pjraitein Pans T'b \ **°'1 isg«J^l> and Lionel al I i^\ev^ whu ledthe Prench atriucs mlo Pans France »H412 3 ISJ: I* 1 "-* 1 ' -40iC\K calchmi.' ua\ to ilispla\ a stamp basi d on a photo istu superimpose it on the onînal. as »\nh St \nu.(.nt4(14) 1558'62> :ind a 1074 Nicaragua »."* *5'J (sc l'JIH214. George i> Patton tontnueisial Lommanderot the I S ThudArm\. was ponrdjed h> I iuemhoui}> i> \M.H .IS hi- ov n counu\USA #1026 i"*g I02î His tanks smashed the Cn-iman i ounlciattaLk in the \.idennes and ate s\mboli/cd tn ( inadt #2^ l' >SLion so the ones chosen wae îiiciiL ( hiii^lnll issues ('.sj? SdSi oh*inusl\ .md logo n*^ ^l ( 1" .» 4^ 4J^127) les>-»L'b^ iuusl\ \ hcinJ-ome i aii.idian T^VMI djlner\ st.ini] 1the Hat' ot the (\inailiau armed s k *i%ii.e> t\m.ida ffH()216. C'hurLhill's jnd de daulk's tnutnph.int \isit lo Pans onAinustiic I\«» I«->45 is illuitiared H> (liLnada *'"ri (s^ -401»which is pait ol a l l )~0 \ I -ft.iv issue mflud.ne ,i ( huuh II valuoAjman #566 "M >*£ o9" (>!. tvo nl uhu.h shi?v C lnirLhill mdFranee #503 (sg Q0I i. which was lûed in 1 inuaiv 1°4^ tn . ommemorate the liberation212.-•'* • •' '• •. •**1; In hi 1 LiM'tnun 1 !FiNESTTiObR 89 46
DE GAULLE IN COMMAND"...The present French Government, under General de Gaulle,commands the full assent of the vast majority of the Frenchpeople...it is the only Government which can possibly dischargethe very heavy burdens which are being cast upon it (to enabledevelopment of) the constitutional and Parliamentary processes,which it has declared its purpose to reinstate. 1 '—House of Commons, 27 October 1944"Thus we completedthe process begunin the dark andfar-off days of1940."—"Triumphand Tragedy"213. 215.WSC made his firstvisit to Parisafter liberationon Armistice Day1944, On 12November, he andGeneral de GaulleaccompaniedGeneral de Lattrede Tassigny on aninspection of therevitalized FrenchArmy, holding theline at Besancon."The Frenchsoldiers seemedto be in thehighest spirits."CREDIT WHERE DUESECOND CtUEBhC CONFERENCEI14.After-Normandy, General Pattern and the U.S. Third Army clearedBrittany and surged toward Rouen and the Loire. When the furiousArdennes counter-attack ( Battle of the Bulge ) occurred, thePrime Minister emphasized who was standing up to it—the Yanks:"I never hesitate...to stand up for our own soldiers when theirachievements have been cold-shouldered or neglected...But wemust not forget that it is to American homes that the telegramsof personal losses and anxiety have been going...GeneralGeorge S.Patton, Jr.".. -A gap wastorn open as agap can alwaysbe in a linehundreds of mileslong. GeneralEisenhower atonce gave thecommand to thenorth of the gapto Field-MarshallMontgomery, andto the south ofit to GeneralOmar Bradley...these highlyskilled commanders(acted inwhat may) becomea model formilitary studentsin the future.215.During 11 to .1.6 September 1944, Canada once again hosted theBritish Prime Minister and American President at Quebec. Kr.Churchill offered units of the Royal Navy for the final driveagainst Japan, and the President accepted. Churchill was indoubt that Germany would surrender in 1944.Here too, PDii'aTreasury SecretaryHenry Morgenthauproposed theMorgenthau Plan,"to render Germanya mainly agrariancountry after thewar. Churchill wasopposed. The ideadid not survive.Had WSC supportedit, Britain wouldhave benefitted.But Churchill feltpostwar Germanywould need to beplaced on equalfooting.,«»•••••: • • $•1KJiL;
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