De Gaulle - Part 1: Force of Character | Those Who Shaped the 20th Century, Ep. 4

High quality version, scanned in HD from the master film reel
Portrait of the general who led the Free French Forces during World War II and was two times Prime Minister of France. Narrated by Henry Fonda.
From "Mémoires de Guerre" by De Gaulle: "To my mind, France cannot be France without greatness."
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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic, after the promulgation of a new Constitution, in 1958 and served as its first president from 1959 to 1969. In addition, he was a promoter of Franco-German reconciliation and one of the influential figures in the history of the process of building the European Union.

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Please add the year in which this documentary was made

[@DryNox]

3:00 German invasion of France 1940 8:00 Attack on Mers-el-Kébir 1940 10:00 North Africa Campaign 11:00 Casablanca Conference 1943 13:00 D-Day 1944 19:00 End of WWII 1945. Resignation 1946

[@teodytrinidad9497]

It was clearly said isn't it those are your People

[@jpc7118]

I remark that's it's typically anglo-saxon to disrespect the french tricolore flag, everyone knows it's blue-white-red, not the other way... on french TV you would never see that sort of "mistake" (more a fault in my mind)

[@petermckerrow7694]

Oh come on! It's an American film and they refer to the "red white and blue" when talking about their flag; it's habit, not some insult; would you actually like to make some comment on the film and its content that would be of interest?

[@jpc7118]

@@petermckerrow7694 Totally wrong guy... I served in french forces based in Germany, and worked with NATO forces, mostly the 1st US armoured cavalry brigade (Ramstein), most when referreing to french flag were saying blue-white-red or simply tricolore. When a so called journalist make a TV report or intent to do some, he should prepare it and do its job, if so, he wouldn't have done this mistake.