As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.
Descriptioneighteenth President of the French Republic
AliasesCharles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
BornNovember 22, 1890
DiedNovember 9, 1970
CountryFrance
ProfessionOfficer; Statesman; Memoirist; Military Theorist
AwardsGrand Cross Of The National Order Of Merit; Grand Cross Of The Legion Of Honour; Knight Grand Cross With Collar Of The Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic; Knight Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order; Companion Of The Liberation
