From one war to another.
The choice to pay homage to the last of the companions of the Liberation, Hubert Germain, on the anniversary of the armistice of November 11, 1918, allowed Emmanuel Macron to unite in the same celebration the First and the Second World War.
To present in the same movement to France its
"sons who fought so hard"
, in the words of Péguy's beautiful prayer.
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As is often the case, in his memorial impulses, the President of the Republic likes to forge a link between several facts or periods of history.
To establish a sort of thematic continuum.
Here, it was to greet those
"who married France with unconditional love going as far as sacrifice"
.
And to exalt this heroism pushed to the gift of his life, Macron associated the victory of Philippe Auguste, in 1214 at Bouvines, and the Chemin des Dames of 1917, the feat of Joan of Arc at Patay in 1429 - a June 18… - and the first success of the revolutionary army, at Valmy in 1792, the counter-offensive
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