Later, with his comeback in 1958, he gave his countrymen a new constitution, he got France out of the Algerian The Americans, of course, regarded him as suffering from delusions of grandeur.ĭuring the Casablanca summit, Roosevelt’s secret service detail discretely kept the Frenchman covered with their Tommyĭespite - or because of - his obstinacy, de Gaulle managed to place France among the victors of World War Would follow his own inclination, it would be England.”īefore departing London to set up headquarters in Algiers in May 1943, de Gaulle said goodbye to Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, who asked, “Do you know you have given us more difficulty than all our European allies?” To which de Gaulle answered, “I have no doubt of it. One of his advisers noted “the General must constantly be reminded that out main enemy is Germany.
The Foreign Office, the Prime Minister, the U.S. Historian Francois Kersody has written, he seemed to be permanently involved inĪ two front war: “a public war against Vichy and the Germans, and a private war against theīritish Admiralty, the Air Ministry, the War Office, the Intelligence Service, In the process, he managed to upset a great number of people. Hirelings and restore France to its rightful place and greatness. Joan of Arc, who would lead the fight against the Germans and their Vichy Gaulle cast himself as the embodiment of the French nation, a modern-day male Having fled to Britain after the collapse of the French army, de
Though very different characters, the two statesmen had certain points inĬommon: Both had an extraordinary way with words and both saw themselves as men He is a great man.” Churchill knew whereof he spoke: During World War II, it was he who bore the O nce, when asked for his opinion of Charles de Gaulle, Winston Churchill mused: “If I regard de Gaulle as a great man? He is selfish, he is arrogant, he believes
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