Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 1852, a new soft cloth cap was introduced for campaign and off-duty. Called bonnet de police à visière, this was the first proper model of the kepi. The visor was generally squarish in shape and oversized and was referred to as bec de canard (duck bill). This kepi had no chinstrap (jugulaire). Subsequent designs reduced the size of the cap ...
Free France's Lion: The Life of Philippe Leclerc, De Gaulle's Greatest General. Newbury, Nerkshire: Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-61200-068-8. OCLC 721889914. Shields, James G. (2007). The Extreme Right in France: From Pétain to Le Pen. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-09755-0. Weale, Adrian (2012). Army of Evil: A History of the SS. New ...
The Resistance medal is a 37mm in diameter circular medal struck from bronze. Its slightly concave obverse bears at center a vertical Cross of Lorraine with the relief semi circular inscription of the date of General de Gaulle's appeal of 18 June 1940 in Roman numerals "XVIII.VI.MCMXL
Provisional government of the French Republic (3 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Charles de Gaulle in World War II" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
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.
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. Bastien-Thiry was the last person to be executed by firing squad in France. Although the assassination attempt nearly claimed de Gaulle's life, he and his entire entourage escaped ...
The Mémorial Charles-de-Gaulle (French pronunciation: [memɔʁjal ʃaʁl də ɡol], "Charles de Gaulle Memorial") is a monument located in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises in Haute-Marne. Retracing, through the person of Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), the major historical events of the 20th century, it was produced by the Charles-de-Gaulle ...
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.