sentences:  "Wallonie libre" was purportedly established on 18 June 1940 during the "Garde"'s annual gathering to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo which coincided with the radio broadcast of the Appeal of 18 June by the French General Charles de Gaulle.The name "Wallonie libre" was consciously chosen as a counterpart to de Gaulle's own "France libre" (Free France).