General Charles de Gaulle [centre] shakes hands with children twomonths after the German capitulatio
![General Charles de Gaulle [centre] shakes hands with children twomonths after the German capitulatio](https://64.media.tumblr.com/4665d9db96af2bfb16ed8cc06a2c1957/tumblr_piddlhTnsX1whl3duo1_1280.jpg "General Charles de Gaulle [centre] shakes hands with children twomonths after the German capitulatio")
General Charles de Gaulle [centre] shakes hands with children twomonths after the German capitulation in Lorient (France, July 1945).During the war, Lorient was a German U-boat base, and between January14th and February 17th, 1945, about 500 highexplosive and 60,000 incendiary bombs were dropped on the city. As aresult, 90% of Lorient was flattened. -- source link
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