Lex Anteinternet: Tuesday, April 6, 1943. The Little Prince.

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Tuesday, April 6, 1943. The Little Prince.

Le Petite Prince, probably better known as The Little Prince, first published.

For reasons I can't really define, the book, or perhaps its illustrations, have always made me uncomfortable.

Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince, on a speaking tour for the Free French in Canada, 1942.

The author, a noted aviator, flew for the Free French during World War Two. Flying reconnaissance aircraft, his aircraft was lost and he was presumed killed in July, 1944.

The Battle of Wadi Akarit (Operation Scipio) commenced in Tunisia, which pitted British, Free French and Greek forces against German and Italian ones, under Italian command.

A crew of a B-17 which went down in Greenland was rescued after having spent five months on the ice. They'd been supplied by air during that time.

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