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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (/ d ə ˈ ɡ oʊ l, d ə ˈ ɡ ɔː l / də GOHL, də GAWL, French: [ʃaʁl(ə) də ɡol] ⓘ; 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French military officer and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic ...
May 31, 2024 · Charles de Gaulle, French soldier, writer, statesman, and architect of France’s Fifth Republic. He was the leader of the Free French resistance during World War II and served as president of France from 1958 until 1969.
Apr 2, 2014 · Charles de Gaulle rose from French soldier in World War I to exiled leader and, eventually, president of the Fifth Republic. He served as president from 1959 to 1969.
Charles de Gaulle, (born Nov. 22, 1890, Lille, France—died Nov. 9, 1970, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises), French soldier, statesman, and architect of France’s Fifth Republic. He joined the army in 1913 and fought with distinction in World War I.
Charles de Gaulle © De Gaulle was a French general and statesman, leader of the Free French during World War Two and the architect of the Fifth Republic. His political ideology, 'Gaullism',...
Charles de Gaulle during World War II. At the outbreak of World War II, Charles de Gaulle was put in charge of the French Fifth Army 's tanks (five scattered battalions, largely equipped with R35 light tanks) in Alsace, and on 12 September 1939, he attacked at Bitche, simultaneously with the Saar Offensive. [1] [2] : 118.
Charles de Gaulle promised to leave power if a majority voted against the referendum. True to his word, he resigned the next day. He was provisionally replaced by Senate President Alain Poher.
Aug 13, 2018 · Adam Gopnik on how the French general and President Charles de Gaulle’s life shows that right-wing politics needn’t bend toward absolutism.
A French general and politician (1890-1970), Charles de Gaulle was the first person to advocate the need for France to have armoured military vehicles.
Charles de Gaulle was a French-born soldier, resistance fighter, statesman and writer. During the Second World War, he was the leader of Free France and the French Committee for National Liberation. He was also President of the French Council of Ministers after the war.
