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1 day ago · France - Politics, Culture, Economy: During his years of self-imposed exile, de Gaulle had scorned and derided the Fourth Republic and its leaders. He had briefly sought to oppose the regime by organizing a Gaullist party, but he had soon abandoned this venture as futile.
4 days ago · The regiment was now commanded by Colonel (and future Marshal) Philippe Pétain, whom de Gaulle would follow for the next 15 years. He later wrote in his memoirs: "My first colonel, Pétain, taught me the art of command".
3 days ago · De Gaulle, who was President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic at the end of the war, commuted the sentence to life imprisonment due to Pétain's age. After his conviction, the court stripped Pétain of all military ranks and honours, not including the distinction of Marshal of France.
3 days ago · The Requiem Mass of Charles de Gaulle was held in Notre-Dame on 12 November 1970. The next year, on 26 June 1971, Philippe Petit walked across a tight-rope strung between Notre-Dame's two bell towers entertaining spectators. After the Magnificat of 30 May 1980, Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass on the parvis of the cathedral.
4 days ago · With the 2027 presidential race now on the horizon, Philippe added: ... Though the French constitution, framed by Charles de Gaulle, gives the president a lot of power, ...
11 hours ago · Dialogue avec de Gaulle. Jean-Noël Jeanneney avait sous-titré sa biographie de Mandel ... Parmi les mobiles, on cite le meurtre par la Résistance de Philippe Henriot, le 28 juin 1944.
3 days ago · Philippe de Gaulle (1921-2024), ammiraglio e senatore, sposato con Henriette de Montalembert de Cers (1929-2014), da cui avrà quattro figli: Charles de Gaulle (1948-vivente), Yves de Gaulle (1951-vivente), Jean de Gaulle (1953-vivente) e Pierre de Gaulle (1963-vivente);
