En Avant!

In defense of the republic, 1940

Giclee collector's print. 125 print edition

“By the evening the objective was reached. Only Mont Caubert still held out. There were a great many dead from both sides on the field. Our tanks had been sorely tried. Barely a hundred were still in working order. But all the same, an atmosphere of victory hovered over the battlefield. Everyone held his head high. The wounded were smiling. The guns fired gaily. Before us, in a pitched battle, the Germans had retired.

Alas! In the course of the Battle of France, what other ground had been or would be won, except this strip of fourteen kilometres deep? If the State had played its part; if, while there was time, it had directed its military system towards enterprise, not passivity; if our leaders had in consequence had at their disposal the instruments for shock and manoeuvre which had been often suggested to the politicians and to the High Command; then our arms would have had their chance, and France would have found her soul again.”

– From The Call to Honour by General Charles de Gaulle

Image size is 14" x 18", overall print size is 18" x 24", edition of 125 prints. Print cost is $185 each plus $10 shipping and handling (and sales tax, if applicable).

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