She's the Glue That Held Together the Coalition of the Willed

She is a very important figurehead for North Africans and the French on both sides of Asia, France and free France and the US. The Americans arrive with a segregated army and she's one of the few figures who has the kind of fame that can unite black soldiers and white soldiers and North Africans. It's really interesting what you say about how well suited she was to it in a way almost trained for it. You have to be very good at hiding pain and fear and any of those things if you're going to go on stage and begot your audience. She rehearsed and worked her body to breaking point a number of times.