Several attempts on this man's life were made by the OAS, and he formed the RPF political party after his military service.
Several attempts on this man's life were made by the OAS, and he formed the RPF political party after his military service. He showed the need for a mechanized and mobile army in his 1934 book The Army of the Future, and he succeeded René Coty. Under his leadership the Evian Accords were negotiated, ending the Algerian War. This man rose to power by politically outmaneuvering Henri Giraud and his rule saw France become the world's fourth nuclear power. For 10 points, name this leader of the Free French during World War II, the founder and first President of the French Fifth Republic.
Several attempts on this man's life were made by the OAS, and he formed the RPF political party after his military service.
Charles André Joseph Marie {de Gaulle}