Charles de Gaulle



Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle, was a French General during World War II, who was elected as Prime Minister of France in August of 1944. De Gaulle was a World War I veteran who was wounded and captured at the Battle of Verdun in 1916. He made five unsucessful escape attempts before he was released in 1918. He stayed in the French military after the First World War, and at the time World War II broke out he was still a colonel. In May 24, 1940 he became a brigaier general, and went on to become a hero for the people of France as Prime Minister during the time of Nazi withdrawl and defeat.