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Publicity Listings:
5 Biographical Movies
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4 Print Biographies
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20 Portrayals
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1 Pictorial
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Alternate Names:
General de Gaulle | President Charles de Gaulle | President de Gaulle
Height:
6' 5" (1.96 m)
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Personal Quote:
[from his victory speech at the liberation of Paris, August 23, 1945] Paris! An outraged Paris! A broken Paris! A martyred Paris! But... a liberated Paris! Liberated by itself, liberated by its people with the help of the armies of France, with the support and the help of all of France, of the fighting France, of the only France, the real France, the eternal France!
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Was recalled to power upon the collapse of the Fourth Republic due to its inability to resolve the Algerian War. The Fourth Republic was undermined by the May 13, 1958 seizure of government buildings in Algiers by French settlers, who acted with the support of the Army. The French settlers in Algeria were protesting what they saw as the French government's weakness in dealing with the Arab ...
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Towering height