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Charles de Gaulle was a 19th-century French general and statesman. Charles AndrĂ© Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France. Following the Algiers putsch, he came out of retirement at the request of President RenĂ© Coty, who appointed him Prime Minister. Read more on Wikipedia →

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