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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( November 22, 1890 - November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred to as "général de Gaulle", was a French general and politician. Prior to the Second World War, he was mostly known as a tactician of tank battles and an advocate of the concentrated use of armored and aviation forces. He was the leader of the Free French Forces in World War II and head of the provisional government in 1944- 46. Called to form a government in 1958, he inspired a new constitution1 and was the Fifth Republic's first president from 1958 to 1969For other uses, see Number 1969. For the movie, see 1969 (movie). Events January January 1 Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The News Of The World January 5 The Derry Riots leave over 100 people i. His political ideology is known as GaullismGaullism is a French political ideology based on the thought and action of Charles de Gaulle. The main axis of de Gaulle's international policies was national independence, with, as some practical consequences, some reluctance for international organizati, which left a major influence in subsequent French politicsThis article discusses political groups and tendencies in France; for information on the political and administrative structures of France, see Government of France. French politics under the Fifth Republic After Charles de Gaulle had the constitution of.1 1890-1912: Formative years
Charles de Gaulle was the third child of a morally conservative but socially progressive catholic bourgeois family. On his father's side was an old aristocratic family from NormandyThis article concerns the former country of Normandy. For other uses, see Normandy (disambiguation). Mont Saint Michel is a historic pilgrimage site and a symbol of Normandy Normandy is a former country (a Duchy) situated in northern France occupying the and BurgundyThis page is about the region of France. For information on the wine, see Burgundy wine. Burgundy ( French Bourgogne is a historic region of France, inhabited in turn by Celts, Gauls, Romans and Gallo-Romans, and various Germanic peoples, most importantly settled in Paris for a century already, whereas on his mother's side was a family of rich entrepreneurs from the industrial region of Lille in French Flanders . Born in LilleThe following article is about the city in France. See Lille (disambiguation) for other meanings. Lille is a city in northern France on the Deule River. It is the prefecture ( capital) of the departement of Nord, in the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. It li, de Gaulle was raised and educated in ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to.
De Gaulle's family was an intellectual family. His grand-father was an historian, his grand-mother a writer, his father was a professor in private catholic schools who founded his own private school. Political debates were frequent at home, and since an early age de Gaulle was initiated by his father to the major conservative authors. The family was very patriotic and he was raised in the cult of the Nation ("My mother felt an uncompromising passion for the fatherland, equal to her religious piety." -- C. de Gaulle in his memoirs). Although traditionalist and monarchist, the family was legalist and respected the institutions of the French Republic. Their social ideas were also more liberal, influenced by social Catholicism . During the Dreyfus affair the family distanced itself from the more conservative nationalist circles and supported Dreyfus.
