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Most avenues or streets which are called after de Gaulle use this term (e.g. avenue du général de Gaulle), but there are some exceptions, such as Charles de Gaulle Airport (aéroport de Roissy-Charles de Gaulle). People who have issue with the military or de Gaulle's role in the military generally prefer Charles de Gaulle over général de ...
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De Gaulle's superiors disapproved of his views about tanks, and he was passed over for promotion to full colonel in 1936, supposedly because his service record was not good enough. He called on his political patron Reynaud, who showed his record to Minister of War Édouard Daladier. Daladier, who was an enthusiast for rearmament with modern ...
The de Gaulle family produced several 20th-century officers, Resistance members, and French politicians. There is a widespread notion claiming that the particle in "de Gaulle" is derived from a dialectal form of the article (it should logically be written De Gaulle, for one writes Le Châtelier, but usage has always favoured the lowercase form).
Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz (25 October 1920 – 14 February 2002) was a member of the French Resistance in World War II, during which she was sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp. After the war, she was a human rights defender and president of the charity organisation ATD Quart Monde for poverty reduction .
Newly inaugurated U.S. president Richard Nixon visiting President De Gaulle one month before De Gaulle's retirement. De Gaulle resigned the presidency at noon, 28 April 1969, [65] following the rejection of his proposed reform of the Senate and local governments in a nationwide referendum. In an eight-minute televised speech two days before the ...
Yvonne de Gaulle, along with her husband, set up a charity, La fondation Anne-de-Gaulle, to help children with disabilities. Yvonne and Charles were married on 6 April 1921. [1] She is known for the quote, "The presidency is temporary—but the family is permanent."
Charles de Gaulle (born 1948) G. François de Gaulle; Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz; H. Henri de Gaulle; J. Jean de Gaulle; P. Philippe de Gaulle; Y. Yvonne de Gaulle