Conference du Vice-Amiral Muselier, Commandant les forces Navales et Aeriennes, Francaises Libres.

Emile Henri Muselier

Publication Date: 1941

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Emile Henri Muselier, Conference du Vice-Amiral Muselier, Commandant les forcs Navales et Aeriennes, Francaises Libres. 1941. 7"x4.75", 11pp. Original wrappers. Provenance: Library of Congress, with their stamps on the front wrapper. VG copy. Scarce [++] "Émile Henry Muselier (17 April 1882 2 September 1965) was a French admiral who led the Free French Naval Forces (Forces navales françaises libres, or FNFL) during World War II. He was responsible for the idea of distinguishing his fleet from that of Vichy France by adopting the Cross of Lorraine, which later became the emblem of all of the Free French.  This brochure [the pamphlet offered here] is the text of a lecture given by Vice-Admiral Emile Muselier (1882-1965), Commander of the Free French Naval Forces and Provisional Commander of the Free French Air Forces (1 July 1940-4 March 1942), to the French in Great Britain at Westminster Central Hall, London, on 1 May 1941. In his address, Muselier recounts the formation of the constitution and the first actions of the Free French Naval Forces. The text of the lecture was published in French in London and printed by Keliher, Hudson and Kearns (KHK), undated [1941] in the form of a 16-page brochure, including 11 pages of text, In-16. It was reproduced in the Free French press, notably in the newspaper France d'abord of Brazzaville, in the form of extracts and under the title "Under the Sign of the Cross of Lorraine".--"From the France Libre website.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Conference du Vice-Amiral Muselier, Commandant les forces Navales et Aeriennes, Francaises Libres.
• Publication Date: 1941
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 12 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Social History
  • WWII
  • Military