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General de Gaulle’s Career Highlights Portrait
General Charles de Gaulle emerged as a dominant figure in postwar France. A World War I veteran wounded three times, he led the Free French from exile, became provisional president after Paris was liberated, and resigned in 1946 over army size. His Rally of the French People dissolved in 1953.
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