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Charles de Gaulle and his volatile rise in France
Jim Bishop surveys Charles de Gaulle's life from Lille birth in 1890 to wartime leadership in London and Paris. The piece portrays a driven, imperious figure whose clashes with allies and rulers shaped postwar France and left a controversial legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles de Gaulle
United States
France
Lille
de Gaulle
Ecole Militaire
St. Cyr
Philippe Petain
Verdun
Blumentritt
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Conseil Superieur de la Guerre
London
Nothorn
Winston Churchil
Casablanca
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR
George Marshall
Eisenhower
Germany
Patton
Saint-Lo
Jacques le Clerc
Paris