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Charles de Gaulle (1890 - 1970)
Charles de Gaulle ©De Gaulle was a French general and statesman, leader of the Free French during World War Two and the architect of the Fifth Republic.
His political ideology, 'Gaullism', has become a major influence in French politics .
Charles de Gaulle was born in Lille on 22 November 1890 and grew up in Paris, where his father was a teacher. De Gaulle chose a military career and served with distinction in World War One.
During the 1930s he wrote books and articles on military subjects, criticising France's reliance on the Maginot Line for defence against Germany and advocating the formation of mechanised armoured columns.
Charles de gaulle role in ww2
His advice went unheeded and, in June 1940, German forces easily overran France. As under-secretary of national defence and war, de Gaulle refused to accept the French government's truce with the Germans and escaped to London, where he announced the formation of a French government in exile.
He became leader of the Fr