de gaulle

     

In November 1945 some 55 deputies unanimously declared him president of France

Trivia about de gaulle

  • Before becoming a world leader, this Frenchman was wounded 3 times in WWI & was captured at Verdun in 1916
  • Georges Pompidou took over as president of France upon this man's resignation
  • In May 1968 demonstrations broke out throughout France against this president's government
  • On July 3, 1962 this European president proclaimed the independence of Algeria
  • In 1940 this general created France's Order of Liberation to honor those who helped liberate France in WWII
  • In January 1959 he assumed the presidency of France's Fifth Republic
  • France, you refused my proposals for constitutional changes in 1969, so I quit as pres.! Bonne chance!
  • "L'Appel", the first volume of this French president's WWII memoirs, was published in English as "The Call To Honor"
  • As president, Georges Pompidou was a member of the political party named for this man who served before him
  • On Nov. 9, 1970 this world leader passed away after a heart attack, one year after resigning his presidency
  • 1966:"French Kiss-off!" He "Kicks NATO HQ out of France"