Hakeim

As spectators watched the marathon, The Times reported that heavy bolts were seen falling from the supports of the Pont de Bir-Hakeim,, alarming engineers and prompting the closure of the landmark for urgent repairs.

On 8 June 1942, she gave birth to Tania Damaris Desiree Szabo at St Mary's Hospital, London while Étienne was stationed at Bir Hakeim in North Africa.