Charles de Gaulle led free France against the forces of Nazi Germany and was a key leader to the people in their hardest time. After the war, the newly freed France would elect de Gaulle as its president, resulting in one of the most influential leaders of France in the twentieth century. “French President Charles De Gaulle and the Six-Year War,” covers one of de Gaulle’s elections and most controversial and politically challenging occurrences – the Algerian conflict. France faced civil revolt, labor strikes and guerilla warfare over the French settlement in Algeria as the people cried out for de Gaulle to take power. The narrator takes viewers on a journey of years of conflict, de Gaulle’s triumphant ascension to the highest office in France, and a time embroiled in conflict and bitter resolutions and bloody aftermaths.
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French President Charles De Gaulle and the Six-Year War
French President Charles De Gaulle and the Six-Year War
Produced: 1960
Length: 26 Minutes
Charles de Gaulle led free France against the forces of Nazi Germany and was a key leader to the people in their hardest time. After the war, the newly freed France would elect de Gaulle as its president, resulting in one of the most influential leaders of France in the twentieth century. “French President Charles De Gaulle and the Six-Year War,” covers one of de Gaulle’s elections and most controversial and politically challenging occurrences – the Algerian conflict. France faced civil revolt, labor strikes and guerilla warfare over the French settlement in Algeria as the people cried out for de Gaulle to take power. The narrator takes viewers on a journey of years of conflict, de Gaulle’s triumphant ascension to the highest office in France, and a time embroiled in conflict and bitter resolutions and bloody aftermaths.
