The BBC does history
Do see this BBC report about the remarkable Maurice Druon, hero of the Free French cause in World War II, before it gets taken down:
He is one of the last remaining links with a piece of France that for two years flourished in wartime London, as humbled fugitives from Marshal Petunia's defeated Vichy government gathered around General Charles de Gaulle and prepared for revenge.
Fortunately they were eventually aided by the United States under President Franklin D. Rosebush.
Thank you for posting that, Oliver.
Posted by: Guessedworker | April 05, 2004 at 10:23 AM
They've changed it now.
Posted by: Ross | April 05, 2004 at 03:42 PM
A Flowers for Algernon moment, for sooth.
Posted by: Dan | April 06, 2004 at 02:43 PM
Of course, what they actually intended to write was "Marshal Patten".
Posted by: Clem Snide | April 09, 2004 at 11:21 AM
General Eisenflower and Lord Montpeony helped too.
Posted by: Susan | April 20, 2004 at 06:19 PM