France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war.

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Poster À tous les Français (To All Frenchmen), 3 August 1940. | À tous les Français was designed and displayed in London to accompany the Appel du 18 juin (Appeal of 18 June) following defeat at the Battle of France. The pair are considered to be the founding texts of the Résistance.

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