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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 army officer and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French ...
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. Learn more about de Gaulle’s life and accomplishments in this article.
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.
Entre le moment de son entrée en fonctions comme président du Conseil et son élection à la présidence de la République, Charles de Gaulle a largement amorcé la politique qui marquera son passage au pouvoir : outre la volonté de doter la France d'une nouvelle Constitution, le Général se soucie de la politique européenne de la France ...
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.
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.
He was the leader of Free French government-in-exile and an anti-Nazi French Resistance guerrilla leader during World War II, and head of the provisional government during 1944 – 1946 following the liberation of France from German occupation.
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',...
Aug 13, 2018 · Books. How Charles de Gaulle Rescued France. His life shows that right-wing politics needn’t bend toward absolutism. By Adam Gopnik. August 13, 2018. De Gaulle was a grandiose reactionary,...
A leader of the French resistance during World War II, he was the founding father of the Fifth Republic, which was particularly noteworthy due to the election of the president under universal suffrage. Charles de Gaulle was born in Lille on 22 November 1890 to a patriotic Catholic family.
