Chapter 112
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June 26, 1940
Paris, the capital of France, the ‘City of Light’
[France's Greatest Victory! Surpassing Napoleon!]
[Delivering French Justice to the Despicable Traitors of the Alliance!]
Newspapers filled with all sorts of sensational headlines flew around Paris. When war with Britain was first declared, the atmosphere within France was one of utter chaos.
But when victory in the Battle of the English Channel was announced in just one day, and the French Army succeeded in landing on the coast east of Portsmouth, public opinion reversed.
And the next day, when aerial photographs of a shattered HMS Victory and images of the French flag flying over Portsmouth Harbour spread, all of France was ecstatic.
The voices that, just the day before, had been demanding an explanation from Prime Minister La Rocque were buried under the evaluation that he was the Prime Minister who brought a great victory to France.