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Also Known As Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
Born November 22, 1890 • Lille • France
Died November 9, 1970 (aged 79) • France
Title / Office president (1959-1969), France
Founder “Le Monde” • Rally of the French People
Political Affiliation Rally of the French People
Subjects Of Study France • army
Role In Algerian War • Battle of France • World War II • events of May 1968

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Georges Bidault
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Maurice Gamelin
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Jean Moulin
French resistance leader
Alphonse Juin
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Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
French military officer
Georges Catroux.
Georges Catroux
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Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain
French general
Pierre Laval.
Pierre Laval
French politician and statesman
Christian de Castries.
Christian de Castries
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Marc Bloch
French historian
Simone Weil.
Simone Weil
French philosopher
Paul Reynaud, 1940.
Paul Reynaud
premier of France
Louis Darquier de Pellepoix
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Camille Chautemps.
Camille Chautemps
French politician
Déat, c. 1940
Marcel Déat
French politician
Pierre Brossolette
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