charles de gaulle

     

Jacques Chirac is the 5th president of the 5th Republic; he was the first

Trivia about charles de gaulle

  • On June 18, 1940, the day of Churchill's "finest hour" speech, this leader made his first broadcast from London
  • Born in Lille, he's the famous general & statesman seen here
  • Paris is served by both Orly and an airport named for him
  • Co-president, then sole president, of the French Committee of National Liberation
  • In 1966 this French president pulled France out of NATO's integrated military structure
  • In 1966 this president pulled France's troops out of NATO's military command
  • This president who made Georges Pompidou premier in 1962 was succeeded by him as president in 1969
  • Because his proposals for constitutional change were defeated, this French president resigned in 1969
  • General & statesman who said, "When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself"
  • While visiting Expo '67 this French president advocated liberation for Quebec
  • In December, he became head of France for the 2nd time
  • The first president of the Fifth French Republic, he was wounded 3 times while serving in World War I
  • In 1969 Georges Pompidou succeeded this man as president of France
  • In 1963 this French president rejected Britain for membership in the European Economic Community
  • Modern politicians? Poo! Bring back zis general who became premier in 1958 & president in 1959
  • This French leader was the target of a record 31 unsuccessful assassination plots
  • During WWII, Marshall Henri Petain headed the Vichy gov’t while this man led the Free French
  • On Sept. 6 this French president arrived in Poland on one of his first visits to an east European communist nation
  • After a revolt in Algeria, this man became premier of France in June 1958 with almost unlimited authority
  • On June 28, 1940 the British recognized this man as the leader of Free France
  • CDG, the international code for this Paris airport, stands for the name of a former French president
  • In April 1969 he left the world stage & retired to his home at Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises
  • He resigned as President of France
  • Born in Lille, Nov. 22, 1890; said a general au revoir Nov. 9, 1970
  • In January 1966 this general was inaugurated for his second term as president of France
  • His resume:May 31, 1958 -- made premier; Dec. 21, 1958 -- elected president; Jan. 5, 1959 -- "Time Man of the Year"
  • Following a deadly crash at the airport named for this man, the Concorde made its last flight in 2003
  • French president from 1958 to 1969, he observed, "China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese"
  • A Paris bridge spanning the Seine that opened in 1996 bears the name of this famous French general
  • August 22, 1962 when his limousine was attacked near Paris

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