Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France. Following the 1958 Algiers putsch, he came out of retirement at the request of President Rene Coty, who appointed him Prime Minister; he commissioned a new constitution, approved by voters in a referendum, establishing the Fifth Republic, and was subsequently elected President of France, a position he held until his resignation in 1969. Born in Lille, he was a decorated officer of World War I, wounded several times and taken prisoner of war by Germany. During the interwar period he advocated mobile armoured divisions, and during the German invasion of May 1940 he led an armoured division that counterattacked the invaders before being appointed Undersecretary for War; refusing to accept his government's armistice with Germany, de Gaulle fled to England and exhorted the French to continue the fight in his Appeal of 18 June.
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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 - 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and its puppet state of Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy back in France.
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22 November 1890
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9 November 1970
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He commissioned a new 1958 French constitution which was approved by voters in a swift majority, during a referendum, establishing the French Fifth Republic. He was subsequently elected the President of France later that year, a position he held until his resignation in 1969.
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De Gaulle: The Rebel 1890-1944.
Participant In: World War I, Lead section, decorated officer of World War I
Born in Lille, he was a decorated officer of World War I, wounded several times and was taken prisoner of war by the German Empire.
Participant In: World War II, Lead section, led the Free French Forces
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 - 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and its puppet state of Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy back in France.
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De Gaulle: The Rebel 1890-1944. De Gaulle: The Ruler 1945-1970 (1993), 700 pp.
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After major demonstrations in Algiers and several other cities in favor of independence (1960) and a United Nations resolution recognizing the right to independence, Charles de Gaulle, the first president of the Fifth Republic, decided to open a series of negotiations with the FLN.
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