<P> Free France and its Free French Forces ( French : France Libre and Forces françaises libres ) were the government - in - exile led by Charles de Gaulle during the Second World War and its military forces , that continued to fight against the Axis powers as one of the Allies after the fall of France . Set up in London in June 1940 , it organised and supported the Resistance in occupied France . </P>
<P> Free France and its Free French Forces ( French : France Libre and Forces françaises libres ) were the government - in - exile led by Charles de Gaulle during the Second World War and its military forces , that continued to fight against the Axis powers as one of the Allies after the fall of France . Set up in London in June 1940 , it organised and supported the Resistance in occupied France . </P>
who was the general that fled to england to setup a government in exile
who was the general that fled to england to setup a government in exile
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle