Surrender against spirit of resistance: on July 14, 1940, Pétain and de Gaulle clashed from a distance

Ukraine marked its national day on Wednesday July 24 by displaying charred tanks, captured from the enemy, in the heart of its capital. Six months to the day after the start of the offensive launched by Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelensky assured in a speech that the country would fight “to the end” for its land, specifying that it was ” Ukraine as a whole (…) without any concessions or compromises”. Around 20% of Ukrainian territory, to the south and east, is currently controlled by Russian forces. “What does the end of the war mean to us? Before we said the peace. Now we say victory “, he launched.