Charles de Gaulle
1890-1970 · French · WWII, Fifth Republic
Known for: Leader of Free France, most infuriating ally America ever had
Refused France's surrender. Made himself symbol of resistance through sheer personality. Founded the Fifth Republic.
What Charles de Gaulle would be watching
The “if they lived today” Q&A on this page gives Charles de Gaulle The Battle of Algiers (1966) as a favourite film. Rankquant scores it above 86% of films, drawn from 252 IMDb reviewers individually re-centred rather than averaged raw. The full film & TV rankings are built the same way.
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