a blank piece of paper. i said, i m not interested. i m off to war. as a soldier of the free french forces, he took part in the battle of el alamein and went on to help liberate the port of toulon and the city of lyon. after the war, he entered politics, becoming a government minister in the 1970s. hubert germain represented what president macron called the flame of the resistance a flame that will never be extinguished. he will be buried in the last empty vault of the national memorial to french fighters of the second world war. let s bring you a look at the weather now, with carol. a fairly cloudy day. some holes developing across the midlands, wales, northern ireland, northern
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