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Vicki Olsen

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An Air Force brat who grew up in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Illinois, Idaho and Germany, Vicki Olsen’s works explore themes of fate, faith and man’s inhumanity to man. Her stories about common people are rooted in a tradition of southern storytelling. After earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and Economics from the University of Arkansas, she worked as an insurance adjuster, a corporate paralegal and owned an antiques and gifts shop in Dallas. Leaving her ex-husband and grown children in Texas, she now lives in Arkansas with ten goldfish and an array of African violets.
Her debut novel, A Sparrow Falls, is available on Amazon.
Look for her new book Le Devoir de Memoire - The Duty of Memory available on Amazon.
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The Rise of the French Resistance

Chapter 30 - The Duty of Memory

General Charles de Gaulle fled to England after refusing to accept his government's armistice with Germany. The BBC broadcast his call to the French people to continue fighting the Germans. Known as the Appeal of 18 June, this use of the BBC was the first weapon given to France by the United Kingdom. It was also the first time de Gaulle used the term “resistance”

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