Tag: Charles de Gaulle

Thoughts Upon Rereading George Orwell’s 1984

Thoughts Upon Rereading George Orwell’s 1984

Jan Masaryk served as the foreign minister of Czechoslovakia, mostly in exile, from July 1940 on–after Munich and the Nazi Occupation, during World War II, and then through the Liberation as part of a Communist-dominated new government.  His term was ended by his sudden death 

France’s Second National Anthem: Le Chant des partisans

France’s Second National Anthem: Le Chant des partisans

The story behind Le Chant des partisans is a simple one. In 1943 singer Anna Marly adapted a Russian marching song that had inspired her, Joseph Kessel and Maurice Drouon wrote the lyrics, it was broadcast on the BBC, and was then adopted by the