France Libre and Forces Françaises Libres was the government-in-exile led by Charles de Gaulle during the Second World War and its military forces that continued to fight against the Axis powers after the fall of France. It was set up in London in 1940 and also organised and supported the résistance in occupied France. The Cross of Lorraine was adopted as a symbol of the Free French as it symbolised the perseverance of Joan of Arc, patron saint of France and the province where she was born which was partially annexed into Alsace-Lorraine by the Third Reich.
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