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The Battle of Algiers
France has been given a portion of West Germany to a minister in the, I mean, Germany as it was in 1945. French troops are still in situ there. There is tension between de Gaul and George Pompadou over Algeria. De Gaul takes off by helicopter with his wife for Colombia but tells pilot they're actually going to Baden-Baden. Dogorla's helicopter lands at Baden-Baben at 2pm on May 31st 1940. At three o'clock, Masu gets really forewarned about this event. And he says: 'I don't know what's going on. I've lost control... Everything is screwed up'