The French Legation in Bucharest and the “Gaullist Challenges” in the Spring of 1942
The French Legation in Bucharest and the “Gaullist Challenges” in the Spring of 1942

Summary/Abstract: The end of 1941 saw a strengthening and coagulation of the resistance forces around General Charles de Gaulle, albeit still far from the military, political and material power he would have in 1943. However, even the word ‘Gaullism’ came to acquire a special symbolism, being associated with the word “resistance.” But the forms of French resistance during the Second World War were manifold, and in the early period of the Vichy regime some French even perceived Pétain’s government as the last form of French resistance to the territorial occupation of France. All these nuances and directions of resistance were also reflected in the dynamics and activity of the Vichy diplomatic corps. Therefore, in this study we will analyze the positions and actions of some diplomats of the French Legation in Bucharest towards the Vichy government, towards the Gaullist movement, but also their relations and interactions with the Romanian authorities in the first months of 1942.

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