In 1941, General Charles de Gaulle taught the Americans a lesson when they wanted to take control of the French archipelago ...

File picture: French Republican guards attend a ceremony in front the Croix de Lorraine at the Charles De Gaulle Memorial during a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of General de ...

The outcome of the presidential elections in France took public opinion abroad by surprise. General de Gaulle was thought to be so exceptional a politician, with such great personal radiance and such ...

General Charles de Gaulle had won Parisian hearts. He had also won a practically unchallenged right to rule France. His hour of triumph, ticked off by snipers’ fire at him, was one for history.

FROM radios and television sets throughout France last week came the hoarse, oracular voice that every Frenchman tries hopelessly to imitate. It belonged to Charles de Gaulle, who in a nationwide ...