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  1. Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle [a] ( / dəˈɡoʊl, dəˈɡɔːl / də GOHL, də GAWL, French: [ʃaʁl (ə) də ɡol] ⓘ; [1] 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 ...

  2. May 31, 2024 · Charles de Gaulle, French soldier, writer, statesman, and architect of Frances 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Charles de Gaulle, (born Nov. 22, 1890, Lille, France—died Nov. 9, 1970, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises), French soldier, statesman, and architect of Frances Fifth Republic. He joined the army in 1913 and fought with distinction in World War I.

  6. De Gaulle was one of the first Western Heads of State to recognize and resume diplomatic ties with the Peoples Republic of China. He explained the reasons for this in a press conference on 31 January.

  7. 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', has...

  8. 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.

  9. Aug 13, 2018 · Adam Gopnik on how the French general and President Charles de Gaulles life shows that right-wing politics needn’t bend toward absolutism.

  10. May 23, 2018 · president of the Fifth Republic. A fter Adolf Hitler 's forces invaded France in 1940, many French people worked to free their country from the Nazis. The head of the resistance movement working from outside France during the World War II, Charles de Gaulle proved a bold and courageous leader.

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