Role of Charles de Gaulle after World War 2?

Answer 1

CHARLES DE GAULLE WAS THE LEADER OF THE ANTI-NAZI UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT AGAINST HITLER WHEN HITLER CONQUERED France.AFTER THE D-DAY LANDING IN NORMANDY,FRANCE AND HITLER WAS FORCED OUT OF FRANCE HE WAS MADE THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE TO LEAD THE FRENCH FORCES FROM FRANCE AGAINST THE FUEHRER(HITLER) AS AN ALLIED ATTACK AND WHEN THE ALLIES WON THE World War 2 HE WAS CLEARLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE...

The above message contains debatable information/opinion. De Gaulle participated very little in the pre-invasion planning leading up to June 6, 1944. When shown the final plans by Eisenhower, De Gaulle is reported to have criticized it extensively, but had never shown any interest in the planning of the invasion. De Gaulle was an almost necessary figurehead for the French who yearned for freedom from the Nazi rule. To call De Gaulle the "leader of the anti-Nazi underground" is a great stretch of the truth. He functioned more as a politician who was only too happy to march at the front of the column of troops as they made their way into Paris on 19 August 1944. He was otherwise pretty useless (my opinion) to the Allied efforts to liberate Europe.

Answer 2

Charles de Gaulle became leader of the GRPF, "Gouvernement provisoire de la République Française" (temporary government of the French Republic) in 1944 ; he resigned in January 1946.

In may 1958, he was called to find a way to end the war in Algeria. In fact, he first ended the french constitution of the 4th Republic, and created a 5th Republic in october 1958. He was elected President of the Republic, for seven years, and reelected for seven other years in 1965.

In 1969, he resigned again, after he lost a referendum. He died in November 1970, in his family house in Colombey-les-deux-églises, a small village in the frenche countryside. He was 80 years old.

Answer 3

After WW2, de Gaulle retreated to his home and led a quiet life writing memoirs and other books. In 1958 he helped form the new Fifth Republic of France and became it's first President in 1959