Charles De Gaulle, commonly known as General de Gaulle or sometimes simply the General, born November 22, 1890 in Lille and died November 9, 1970 in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, was a soldier, resistance fighter, statesman and writer French.
Coming from a traditionalist and Catholic background, Charles De Gaulle was admitted to Saint-Cyr, then began his military career under the orders of Pétain.
Wounded during the First World War, he was sent to Poland - where he fought against Soviet Russia - Germany and Lebanon.
The Second World War broke out: Under-Secretary for National Defense in the Raynaud government, he opposed the armistice and went to London.
From there, he launched the famous appeal of June 18, 1940 in favor of the continuation of the armed struggle, and organized the Resistance.
Paris celebrates its return in August 1944.
He then formed a provisional government, from which he resigned two years later.
Begins a "crossing of the desert", which is interrupted when René Coty recalls him to power in 1958, in the midst of the Algerian war.
President of the Council with "full powers", he had the new constitution approved: he was elected first president of the Fifth Republic in December.
During the negotiations of the Evian agreements, he escaped an attack by the OAS.
Re-elected in 1965, his power was weakened by the crisis of May 68.
The failure of the referendum on the reform of the Senate decides him to withdraw from the political game a year later.
He died on November 9, 1970 in his property of La Boisserie in Colombey les deux Eglises....