Born Lille, France. Height 6 ft, 5 inches, nicknamed Le Grande Asperge. President of France 1958-69. Just like Queen Wilhelmina, while in London he used the BBC to send popular messages of resistance back to his country. A supreme case of nominative determinism? See Isambard Kingdom Brunel for others.
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Charles de Gaulle
See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this memorial (in French).
De Gaulle lived here with his family, September 1942-44 (though these dates v...
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Charles de Gaulle
Thanks go to our French consultant, John Hartley, for the translation. We be...
Royal Air Force fighter pilot. Born Harrogate, grew up in Pinner. From the ...
Trained linguists for covert work, mainly with Russian during the Cold War. ...
Executed for regicide. In the civil war he fought on the side of Parliament ...
