... 4 Charles de Gaulle: the man of storms In the midst of dangers, the troops were ready to obey him implicitly andwould choose no ... and ‘‘the real country,’’ denied Vichy’s legitimacy. Hehastened to London, and on 18 June 1940 broadcast a radio appeal toFrench people everywhere via the BBC (which Churchill had obliginglyplaced ... Gaulle versus his Allies, see Crozier, De Gaulle, chapters 5and 6.93Charles de Gaulle: the man of storms right-wing thugs; but from this inauspicious acorn de Gaulle would growthe oak to support...