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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle [a] [b] (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France.
In World War II, he at first fought against and later collaborated with the Germans by leading the government of Vichy France. Louis Franchet d'Espèrey: 1856–1942 French Known as ‘Desperate Frankie’ by the British, d'Espèrey led the famous Vardar Offensive of 1918 that captured much of the Balkans and knocked Bulgaria out of the war.
France had lots of armed forces in World War II, in part due to the German occupation. In 1940, General Maurice Gamelin commanded the French Army, headquartered in Vincennes on the outskirts of Paris. It consisted of 117 divisions, with 94 committed to the northeastern front and a commander, General Alphonse Georges, at La Ferte-sous-Jouarre.
End of World War II in Europe (Germany surrenders; Victory in Europe Day) 1945-05-08: La Rochelle: 17: Nouvelle-Aquitaine: History of La Rochelle: 1945-05-09: Dunkirk: 59: Hauts-de-France: isolated by Siege of Dunkirk (1944–45) 1945-05-09: Île de Ré: 17: Nouvelle-Aquitaine [92] 1945-05-10
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With nearly 75,000 inhabitants killed and 550,000 tons of bombs dropped, France was, after Germany, the second most severely bomb-devastated country on the Western Front of World War II. [25] Allied bombings were particularly intense before and during Operation Overlord in 1944.
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