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Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry (19 October 1927 – 11 March 1963) was a French Air Force lieutenant colonel, military air-weaponry engineer and the creator of the Nord SS.10/SS.11 missiles. Bastien-Thiry attempted to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle on 22 August 1962 in retaliation for de Gaulle's decision to accept Algerian independence.
A boat with representatives of de Gaulle entered the port but was fired upon. British aircraft were also fired upon by the anti-aircraft guns of the Richelieu and a Curtiss Hawk 75 fighter. [8] At 10:00, Vichy ships trying to leave the port were given warning shots from Australia.
The crowd waved banners reading "Down with the Americans". The following day, as de Gaulle's motorcade passed the La Salle University, students rushed towards his convertible car, chanting anti-American slogans. [2] De Gaulle visited the Quinta de Bolívar and the Lycée Pasteur. [27]
The enthusiastic reception from the population confirmed his popularity in France, [1] which discouraged the United States from placing France under their administration. . The Provisional Government of the French Republic, officially formed on June 3, 1944 in Algiers, the capital of French Algeria, under De Gaulle’s leadership as the successor to the French Committee of National Liberation ...
One of de Gaulle's grandsons, also named Charles de Gaulle, was a member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2004, his last tenure being for the far-right National Front. [187] The younger Charles de Gaulle's move to the anti-Gaullist National Front was widely condemned by other family members.
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The General: Charles de Gaulle and the France He Saved is a non-fiction book authored by the British historian and journalist Jonathan Fenby.Published in 2010 by Simon & Schuster, [1] the biography details the life and times of the iconic French statesman Charles de Gaulle, with the 20th-century history of the senior general and politician's nation also receiving focus.
On 1 July, he joined de Gaulle's Free French in London as a deputy to André Dewavrin. Duclos suggested Paris station names as codenames; he chose Saint Jacques for himself, Dewavrin became colonel Passy , Gilbert Renault became Rémy , Pierre Fourcaud (Dewavrin's other deputy) became Barbès and Duclos' friend Alexandre Beresnikoff became ...