This, of course, was Charles de Gaulle’s campaign in 1958 for a Fifth Republic. The words were uttered by Paul Reynaud, who ...

From the speaker’s tribune in Paris’ cavernous Luxembourg Palace one morning last week, France’s Premier Michel Debre, a short, subdued man in a dark suit, unhappily told the French Senate: “Last week ...

"A long, long, long time ago, France was called Gaul and the French, the Gauls." Does this phrase ring a bell? Perhaps set to music and sung by the Belgian Annie Cordy (1928-2020) in 1978, it would ...

In the four years since he came to power, Charles de Gaulle has bent the bulk of his energies toward solving the Algerian problem. Never humble, even in adversity, De Gaulle will not yield to the ...

Fifty years ago Charles de Gaulle, France's greatest leader since Napoleon, died suddenly in his armchair at the humble home where he had retired to live the quiet life he had always craved. French ...

Andrew Roberts concludes his review of what he acknowledges to be a “remarkable” book, “The War Memoirs of Charles de Gaulle” (Nov. 23), with the suggestion that the reader, when next in Paris, follow ...

Summary and Key Points: In 2001, France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier replaced its predecessor, the Foch, marking a significant upgrade for the French Navy. As Western Europe's largest warship ...