Portraits of Power - DeGaulle - Force of Character
Narrated by Henry Fonda
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first president from 1959 to 1969.
From his "mémoires de guerre": To my mind, France can not be France without greatness. 1944, liberation of Paris from German occupation, sings the "Marseillaise", collaboration with the Germans, modern warfare, interview with Drew Middleton, New York Times, two party system to ensure stability, dive bombers and parachutists, Blitzkrieg, Maginot-Line, De Gaulle was commander of a tank division at that time, Dunkerque, secretary for war, Vichy Government, Philippe Pétain, Maréchal Pétain.
De Gaulle in London, 2.7.1940: "Nous croyons que l'honneur des Français consiste à continuer la guerre aux côtés de leurs alliés et nous sommes résolus à le faire. Nous espérons qu'un jour, une force mécanique supérieure nous permettra d'avoir la victoire et de délivrer la patrie."
Winston Churchill, Algeria, Roosevelt, General Eisenhower, Henri Giraud, General Giraud, Gaullisme, Cross of Lorraine, Casablanca, libereation of Tunisia and Libya, Deutsches Soldatenkino in Paris, Free France Forces, Free France Troops, authority as the sole leader of France, August 1944, sniper, France should be treated as an equal in the Alliance, the territorial integrity of the French empire should be preserved, De Gaulle was suspicious of Roosevelt, De Gaulle went to Moskau to seek an alliance with Stalin, he first retired in 1946.
Drew Middleton, narrated by Henry Fonda
