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J-L Cremieux - Film 1
In this, the first of twelve films, Jean recalls b...J-L Cremieux - Film 1
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Arriving in Britain, Jean becomes the liaison offi...J-L Cremieux - Film 2
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Jean talks about the importance of the BBC in main...J-L Cremieux - Film 3
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Jean recalls the murder of Francois Darlan, the hi...J-L Cremieux - Film 4
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Jean remembers the struggle of the French nation a...J-L Cremieux - Film 5
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Jean recalls the lead up to D Day and discusses th...J-L Cremieux - Film 6
J-L Cremieux - Film 7
Jean recalls some of the secret meetings and plans...J-L Cremieux - Film 7
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Jean talks about the role of SOE in the liberation...J-L Cremieux - Film 8
J-L Cremieux - Film 9
Jean talks about the role of the resistance in Fra...J-L Cremieux - Film 9
J-L Cremieux - Film 10
Jean reflects on the role of de Gaulle and his cha...J-L Cremieux - Film 10
J-L Cremieux - Film 11
Jean talks about the bombing of France by the Alli...J-L Cremieux - Film 11
J-L Cremieux - Film 12
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Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac was a senior intelligence officer with de Gaulle in London. He created coded text for the BBC French service broadcasts. Post-war he became a French politician, historian and writer who wrote the forward to the French edition of Professor MRD Foot’s SOE history. (int Jean was interviewed by Matthew Cobb).
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J-L Cremieux
Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac joined the Free French Forces in London and became liaison officer between the Free French, SOE and the BBC.
