Reynaud returned to the cabinet in 1938 as Minister of Justice under Édouard Daladier. The Munich crisis, which began not long after Reynaud was named Minister of Justice, again revealed the divide between Reynaud and the rest of the Alliance Démocratique; Reynaud adamantly opposed abandoning the Czechs to the Germans, while Flandin felt that allowing Germany to expand eastward would inevitably lead to a conflict with the Soviets that would weaken both. Reynaud publicly made his case, and in response Flandin pamphleted Paris in order to pr ...

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Paul Reynaud, Paul Reynaud - Early life and politics, Paul Reynaud - Return to government, Paul Reynaud - Prime minister and arrest, Paul Reynaud - Postwar life, Paul Reynaud - Reynaud's Government 21 March - 16 June 1940

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Vichy France, or the Vichy regime was the de facto French government of 1940-1944 during the Nazi Germany occupation of World War II. Now known in French as the Régime de Vichy or Vichy, during its existence it referred to itself as L'État Français (The French State). Vichy France was established after France surrendered to Germany in 1940, and took its name from the government's capital in Vichy, southeast of Paris near Clermont-Ferrand. While officially neutral in the war, it was essentia ...

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• Vichy France - The fall of France and the establishment of the Vichy regime
• Vichy France - Decision to seek armistice
• Vichy France - Conditions of armistice
• Vichy France - Formal end of the Third Republic
• Vichy France - Vichy composition and policies
• Vichy France - Fascist paramilitaries
• Vichy France - Implementation of Nazi racial anti-Semitic laws
• Vichy France - Contribution of French fascists
• Vichy France - Relationships with the Allied powers
• Vichy France - Creation of Free France
• Vichy France - Tensions with Britain in Syria Madagascar
• Vichy France - German invasion November 1942
• Vichy France - Independence of the S.O.L
• Vichy France - Liberation of France and aftermath
• Vichy France - Bibliography

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Alfred Sauvy (1898-1990) was a demographer, anthropologist and historian of the French economy. Sauvy coined the term Third World (Tiers Monde) in reference to the underdeveloped countries in an article published in the French magazine L'Observateur on August 14, 1952. At the end of the article Sauvy said: "...car enfin, ce Tiers Monde ignoré, exploité, méprisé comme le Tiers Etat, veut lui aussi, être quelque chose" "...because at the end this ignored, exploited, scorned Third World like the T ...

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• Alfred Sauvy - Biography
• Alfred Sauvy - His work

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General Charles André Joseph Marie De Gaulle (listen ▶ (help·info)) (November 22, 1890-November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred to as général De Gaulle or Le Général, was a French military leader and statesman. Prior to World War II he was mostly known as a tank tactician and an advocate of the concentrated use of armored and aviation forces. He was the leader of Free France in World War II and head of the provisional go ...

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• Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years
• Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career
• Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces
• Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing
• Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic
• Charles de Gaulle - 1958–1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic
• Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur
• Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years
• Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power
• Charles de Gaulle - China
• Charles de Gaulle - Second round
• Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War
• Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War
• Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre!
• Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain
• Charles de Gaulle - May 1968
• Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement
• Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death
• Charles de Gaulle - Private life
• Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect
• Charles de Gaulle - Footnote
• Charles de Gaulle - Works
• Charles de Gaulle - French editions
• Charles de Gaulle - English translations
• Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946
• Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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The specification of the defenses was very high, with extensive and interconnected bunker complexes for thousands of men; there were 108 main forts (grands ouvrages) at 15 kilometres intervals, smaller (petits ouvrages) and casements between, with over 100 kilometres of tunnels. The fortifications did not extend through the Ardennes Forest (which was believed to be "impénétrable" and "impassable") or along the border with Belgium because the countries had signed an alliance in 1920, by which the French army would operate in B ...

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Maginot Line, Maginot Line - Planning and construction, Maginot Line - Features, Maginot Line - German invasion, Maginot Line - End of the war, Maginot Line - The Line after WWII, Maginot Line - Referenced in A Separate Peace, Maginot Line - Books, Maginot Line - External link

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He was born in Châteldon in the Puy-de-Dôme département of the Auvergne region. After earning a law degree, he worked as a lawyer, in Paris from 1907. A socialist, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a member of SFIO in 1903. He did not serve in World War I but the period saw a change to his politics as he moved towards the right. He lost the first post-war election. He became mayor of Aubervilliers in 1924 and left the socialist party; he wa ...

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Pierre Laval, Pierre Laval - Career, Pierre Laval - Laval's First Government 27 January 1931 - 14 January 1932, Pierre Laval - Laval's Second Government 14 January - 20 February 1932, Pierre Laval - Laval's Third Ministry 7 June 1935 - 24 January 1936, Pierre Laval - Changes, Pierre Laval - Laval's Fourth Ministry 18 April 1942 - 20 August 1944, Pierre Laval - Changes

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With the Algerian conflict behind, De Gaulle was able to achieve his two main objectives: To reform and develop the French economy, and to promote an independent foreign policy and a strong stance of France on the international stage. This was the so-called "politics of grandeur" (politique de grandeur). Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years. In the context of a population boom unseen in France since the 18th century, the government under prime minister Georges Pompidou oversaw a rapid transform ...

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Charles de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years, Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career, Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing, Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1958–1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur, Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years, Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power, Charles de Gaulle - China, Charles de Gaulle - Second round, Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War, Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War, Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre!, Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain, Charles de Gaulle - May 1968, Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement, Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death, Charles de Gaulle - Private life, Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect, Charles de Gaulle - Footnote, Charles de Gaulle - Works, Charles de Gaulle - French editions, Charles de Gaulle - English translations, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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Norwegian Campaign - Movement of the fleets. The German invasion first started on April 3, 1940 when supply vessels began to head out in advance of the main force. The Allies initiated their plans on the following day, with sixteen Allied submarines ordered to the Skagerrak and Kattegat to serve as a screen and advance warning for a German response to Operation Wilfred, which was launched the following day when Admiral William Whitworth in the HMS Renown set out from ...

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Norwegian Campaign, Norwegian Campaign - Background, Norwegian Campaign - Value of Norway, Norwegian Campaign - The Winter War, Norwegian Campaign - Vidkun Quisling and initial German investigation, Norwegian Campaign - The Altmark Incident, Norwegian Campaign - Initial plans, Norwegian Campaign - Allied plans, Norwegian Campaign - German plans, Norwegian Campaign - German invasion, Norwegian Campaign - Movement of the fleets, Norwegian Campaign - Weserzeit, Norwegian Campaign - Allied response, Norwegian Campaign - Norwegian situation, Norwegian Campaign - Ground campaign, Norwegian Campaign - Campaign in Central Norway, Norwegian Campaign - Campaign in Northern Norway, Norwegian Campaign - Occupation, Norwegian Campaign - Analysis, Norwegian Campaign - Important people, Norwegian Campaign - Norwegians, Norwegian Campaign - Germans, Norwegian Campaign - Allies, Norwegian Campaign - Neutrals, Norwegian Campaign - Notes

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The composition of the Vichy cabinet, and its policies, were mixed. Many Vichy officials such as Pétain, though not all, were reactionaries who considered that France's unfortunate fate was a kind of divine punishment for its Republican character and the actions of its left-wing governments of the 1930s (see Popular Front). Reactionary writer Charles Maurras judged that Pétain's accession to power was, in that respect, a "divine surprise"; and many people of the same political persuasion judged that it was preferable to have an authoritari ...

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Vichy France, Vichy France - The fall of France and the establishment of the Vichy regime, Vichy France - Decision to seek armistice, Vichy France - Conditions of armistice, Vichy France - Formal end of the Third Republic, Vichy France - Vichy composition and policies, Vichy France - Fascist paramilitaries, Vichy France - Implementation of Nazi racial anti-Semitic laws, Vichy France - Contribution of French fascists, Vichy France - Relationships with the Allied powers, Vichy France - Creation of Free France, Vichy France - Tensions with Britain in Syria Madagascar, Vichy France - German invasion November 1942, Vichy France - Independence of the S.O.L, Vichy France - Liberation of France and aftermath, Vichy France - Bibliography

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With the Algerian conflict behind, de Gaulle was able to achieve his two main objectives: To reform and develop the French economy, and to promote an independent foreign policy and a strong stance of France on the international stage. This was the so-called "politics of grandeur" (politique de grandeur). Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years. In the context of a population boom unseen in France since the 18th century, the government under prime minister Georges Pompidou oversaw a rapid transform ...

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Charles de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years, Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career, Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing, Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1958—1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur, Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years, Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power, Charles de Gaulle - China, Charles de Gaulle - Second round, Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War, Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War, Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre!, Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain, Charles de Gaulle - May 1968, Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement, Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death, Charles de Gaulle - Private life, Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect, Charles de Gaulle - Footnote, Charles de Gaulle - Works, Charles de Gaulle - French editions, Charles de Gaulle - English translations, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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Germany launched its offensive, Fall Gelb, on the night prior to and principally on the morning of 10 May. During the night German forces occupied Luxembourg, and in the morning German Army Group B (Bock) launched a feint offensive into Holland and Belgium.1 German Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) from the 7th Flieger and 22nd Air Landing divisions under Kurt Student executed surprise landings on the road to Rotterdam and against the Belgian Fort ...

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Battle of France, Battle of France - Prelude, Battle of France - Forces and dispositions, Battle of France - May: Low Countries and Northern France, Battle of France - The Centre, Battle of France - Blitzkrieg, Battle of France - Allied reaction, Battle of France - To the Channel, Battle of France - Weygand Plan, Battle of France - BEF at Dunkirk, Battle of France - June: France, Battle of France - Aftermath, Battle of France - Casualties, Battle of France - German, Battle of France - Allied, Battle of France - Historiography, Battle of France - Notes

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Timeline of World War II - January. 1: Conscription extended in Britain: all men between 20 and 27 now liable. 4: Hermann Göring placed in charge of German war industries. 5: British cabinet is revised: Oliver Stanley takes over War Office, Lord Reith becomes Minister of Information, and Sir Andrew Duncan takes over Board of Trade. 7: General Semyon Timoshenko placed in command of Soviet troops against Finland. 8: Bacon, butter, and sugar rationing begins in Britain.See also:

Timeline of World War II, Timeline of World War II - 1939, Timeline of World War II - September, Timeline of World War II - October, Timeline of World War II - November, Timeline of World War II - December, Timeline of World War II - 1940, Timeline of World War II - January, Timeline of World War II - February, Timeline of World War II - March, Timeline of World War II - April, Timeline of World War II - May, Timeline of World War II - June, Timeline of World War II - July, Timeline of World War II - August, Timeline of World War II - September, Timeline of World War II - October, Timeline of World War II - November, Timeline of World War II - December, Timeline of World War II - 1941, Timeline of World War II - January, Timeline of World War II - February, Timeline of World War II - March, Timeline of World War II - April, Timeline of World War II - May, Timeline of World War II - June, Timeline of World War II - July, Timeline of World War II - August, Timeline of World War II - September, Timeline of World War II - October, Timeline of World War II - November, Timeline of World War II - December, Timeline of World War II - 1942, Timeline of World War II - January, Timeline of World War II - February, Timeline of World War II - March, Timeline of World War II - April, Timeline of World War II - May, Timeline of World War II - June, Timeline of World War II - July, Timeline of World War II - August, Timeline of World War II - September, Timeline of World War II - October, Timeline of World War II - November, Timeline of World War II - December, Timeline of World War II - 1943, Timeline of World War II - January, Timeline of World War II - February, Timeline of World War II - April, Timeline of World War II - May, Timeline of World War II - July, Timeline of World War II - August, Timeline of World War II - September, Timeline of World War II - October, Timeline of World War II - November, Timeline of World War II - December, Timeline of World War II - 1944, Timeline of World War II - January, Timeline of World War II - February, Timeline of World War II - March, Timeline of World War II - April, Timeline of World War II - May, Timeline of World War II - June, Timeline of World War II - July, Timeline of World War II - August, Timeline of World War II - September, Timeline of World War II - October, Timeline of World War II - November, Timeline of World War II - December, Timeline of World War II - 1945, Timeline of World War II - January, Timeline of World War II - February, Timeline of World War II - March, Timeline of World War II - April, Timeline of World War II - May, Timeline of World War II - June, Timeline of World War II - July, Timeline of World War II - August, Timeline of World War II - September, Timeline of World War II - External link

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See also: Battle of the Netherlands Germany launched its offensive in the early hours of May 10. During the night, German forces occupied Luxembourg, and in the morning German Army Group B (Bock) launched an offensive into Holland and Belgium.1 German Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) from the 7th Flieger under Kurt Student and airborne troops from the 22nd Air Landing divisions executed three separate assaults at The Hague, on key bridge ...

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Battle of France, Battle of France - Prelude, Battle of France - Forces and dispositions, Battle of France - May: Low Countries and Northern France, Battle of France - The Centre, Battle of France - Blitzkrieg, Battle of France - Allied reaction, Battle of France - To the Channel, Battle of France - Weygand Plan, Battle of France - BEF at Dunkirk, Battle of France - June: France, Battle of France - Aftermath, Battle of France - Casualties, Battle of France - German, Battle of France - Allied, Battle of France - Historiography, Battle of France - Notes

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The composition of the Vichy cabinet, and its policies, were mixed. Many Vichy officials such as Pétain, though not all, were reactionaries who considered that France's unfortunate fate was a kind of divine punishment for its Republican character and the actions of its left-wing governments of the 1930s (see Popular Front). Reactionary writer Charles Maurras judged that Pétain's accession to power was, in that respect, a "divine surprise"; and many people of the same political persuasion judged that it was preferable to have an authoritari ...

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Vichy France, Vichy France - The fall of France and the establishment of the Vichy regime, Vichy France - France's Armistice with Hitler, Vichy France - Conditions of armistice, Vichy France - Formal end of the Third Republic, Vichy France - Vichy composition and policies, Vichy France - Fascist paramilitaries, Vichy France - Implementation of Nazi racial anti-Semitic laws, Vichy France - Contribution of French fascists, Vichy France - Relationships with the Allied powers, Vichy France - Creation of Free France, Vichy France - Tensions with Britain in Syria Madagascar, Vichy France - German invasion November 1942, Vichy France - Independence of the S.O.L, Vichy France - Liberation of France and aftermath, Vichy France - Bibliography

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Free French Forces - Prelude. General Charles De Gaulle was a member of the French cabinet during the Battle of France, in 1940. As French defence forces were increasingly overwhelmed, De Gaulle found himself part of a small group of politicians who argued against a negotiated surrender to Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. These views being shared by the President of the Council, Paul Reynaud, De Gaulle was sent as an emissary to the United Kingdom, wher ...

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Free French Forces, Free French Forces - History, Free French Forces - Prelude, Free French Forces - Cross of Lorraine, Free French Forces - Mers El Kébir and the war in Africa, Free French Forces - The Forces Françaises Combattantes and National Council of the Resistance, Free French Forces - Liberation of France, Free French Forces - End of the war, Free French Forces - Notable Free French

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Changes 12 June 1958 - André Malraux enters the cabinet as Minister of Radio, Television, and Press 14 June 1958 - Guy Mollet becomes Minister of General Civil Servants Status 7 July 1958 - Bernard Chenot enters the cabinet as Minister of Public Health and Population. Jacques Soustelle succeeds Malraux as Minister of Information. 23 July 1958 - Antoine Pinay becomes Minister of Economic Affairs, remaining also Minister of Finance. ...

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Charles de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years, Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career, Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing, Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1958–1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur, Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years, Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power, Charles de Gaulle - China, Charles de Gaulle - Second round, Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War, Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War, Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre!, Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain, Charles de Gaulle - May 1968, Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement, Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death, Charles de Gaulle - Private life, Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect, Charles de Gaulle - Footnote, Charles de Gaulle - Works, Charles de Gaulle - French editions, Charles de Gaulle - English translations, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government, 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry, 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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Changes 12 June 1958 - André Malraux enters the cabinet as Minister of Radio, Television, and Press 14 June 1958 - Guy Mollet becomes Minister of General Civil Servants Status 7 July 1958 - Bernard Chenot enters the cabinet as Minister of Public Health and Population. Jacques Soustelle succeeds Malraux as Minister of Information. 23 July 1958 - Antoine Pinay becomes Minister of Economic Affairs, remaining also Minister of Finance. ...

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Charles de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years, Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career, Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing, Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1958—1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur, Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years, Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power, Charles de Gaulle - China, Charles de Gaulle - Second round, Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War, Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War, Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre!, Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain, Charles de Gaulle - May 1968, Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement, Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death, Charles de Gaulle - Private life, Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect, Charles de Gaulle - Footnote, Charles de Gaulle - Works, Charles de Gaulle - French editions, Charles de Gaulle - English translations, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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Charles de Gaulle - French editions. La Discorde Chez l'Ennemi (1924) Histoire des Troupes du Levant (1931) Written by Major de Gaulle and Major Yvon, with Staff Colonel de Mierry collaborating in the preparation of the final text. Le Fil de l'Epée (1932) Vers l'Armée de Métier (1934) La France et son Armée (1938) Trois Etudes (1945) (Rôle Historique des Places Fortes; Mobilisation Economique à l'Etranger; Comment Faire une Armée de Métier) followed by th ...

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Charles de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years, Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career, Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing, Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1958—1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur, Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years, Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power, Charles de Gaulle - China, Charles de Gaulle - Second round, Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War, Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War, Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre!, Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain, Charles de Gaulle - May 1968, Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement, Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death, Charles de Gaulle - Private life, Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect, Charles de Gaulle - Footnote, Charles de Gaulle - Works, Charles de Gaulle - French editions, Charles de Gaulle - English translations, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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Charles de Gaulle married on April 7, 1921 to Yvonne Vendroux ("Tante Yvonne"). They had 3 children: Philippe (1921), Elisabeth (1924), and Anne (1928). Anne had Down syndrome and died at 20. Charles de Gaulle's grandson, Charles de Gaulle is a member of the European Parliament for the National Front. ...

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Charles de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years, Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career, Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing, Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1958—1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur, Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years, Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power, Charles de Gaulle - China, Charles de Gaulle - Second round, Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War, Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War, Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre!, Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain, Charles de Gaulle - May 1968, Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement, Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death, Charles de Gaulle - Private life, Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect, Charles de Gaulle - Footnote, Charles de Gaulle - Works, Charles de Gaulle - French editions, Charles de Gaulle - English translations, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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The Fourth Republic was tainted by political instability, its failures in Indochina and its inability to resolve the Algerian question. On May 13, 1958, the settlers seized the government buildings in Algiers, attacking what they saw as French government weakness in the face of demands among the Arab majority for Algerian independence. A "Committee of Civil and Army Public Security" was created under the presidency of General Jacques Massu, a Gaullist sympathiser. General Raoul Salan, Commander-in-Chief in Algeria, announced on radio that the Army h ...

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Charles de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years, Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career, Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing, Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1958—1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur, Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years, Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power, Charles de Gaulle - China, Charles de Gaulle - Second round, Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War, Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War, Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre!, Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain, Charles de Gaulle - May 1968, Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement, Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death, Charles de Gaulle - Private life, Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect, Charles de Gaulle - Footnote, Charles de Gaulle - Works, Charles de Gaulle - French editions, Charles de Gaulle - English translations, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946, Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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