Charles de Gaulle: The man behind the myth
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 พ.ย. 2020
- This week, we're exploring the life and legacy of Charles de Gaulle, who died 50 years ago this week. To many, he's the undisputed French hero: a wartime leader who led the Resistance to the Nazis in World War II before years later becoming the first president of the Fifth Republic. For much of his life, he lived in the village of Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, where he and his wife Yvonne raised their children. We visit his much-loved home and learn more about the man behind the myth.
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As Churchill once called him: “The Constable of France”.
un héros loué pour son excellence face au défi de son pays, vive la france. Salut de maroc 🇲🇦.
He was a hero for his country!
Dfk hero ?? R u serious ?? Did u know how many Algerian he killed ??
@@islemmmn4502 Shouldn't you be out beheading infidels?
@@avalonjustin LMAO .. where did you get that from ?! CNN ? BBC ? Or cartoon
@@avalonjustin and don't change the subject killer to ya is hero ??
He was a hero to France not a hero to Africa
He did it for France not for africa
the man with ultimate courage and wisdom ...
Courage? He hid out in Britain.
And killed many africans @@scottmurphy650
@@scottmurphy650he fought during ww1 in verdun. Tried to escape 3 times when prisonner of war. Tell me more about hiding in britain please
I couldn't have been more than 10 when, during the school holidays, I was watching tv - short film snaps of disjointed modern history - and one was of de Gaulle and his wife tending their daughter's grave. It was taken from a distance and in secret. I immediately felt ashamed and embarrassed as I saw those long sweeping arms take a wreath and a petite lady busying herself around him. I felt that I had intruded upon a private family moment and sensed that somehow he knew.
Merci beaucoup pour ce documentaire.
Lol I might be a bit scared standing up there.
I can imagine being clumsy enough to fall lol
My favorite modern European leader.
The greatest Frenchman of all time.
This man knew what love of country was.
this guy was a great great man !
"Maintenant, elle est comme les autres."
As the mother of a daughter with quite moderate autism, his connection to Anne is very touching to me 🕊💛🙏
They were richer people than De Gaulle, but if you'd give me his house, I would accept the gift .
Great feature!!
Great history and presentation.
Général De Gaulle 🇫🇷 absolument, fantastique person et armée Leader.
Respect, honoré et SALUT !
🕊️🇵🇱🤝
(très intéressant archives)
C'est beau
He was based
Impressive...
the grinch: "...what are you doing up there!?!?!"
He was my very rich grandfather's very best friend he used to put my mom when she was a baby in his lap and feed her his favorite cookies! Oh yah my mom she used to love him too much all her life
Main street in New Orleans
He was a hero for his country only but not for Europe.
"Austere"? It's still a Mansion.
Yeah but this is France. 😂
For the love that you did not find.
Is the house a museum now ??
Yes
And I’ve got toothache and a gammy nail
👍🏻✌️🏴
Thats her... Miss Masssih
second
First
Congratulations 🕊️🤝
Don't you mean Charles de _Gutless?_
Utter nonsense. He was seen in battle at the start of world war 1 refusing to take cover fighting the Germans in dinant. De Gaulle was incapable of feeling fear. He continued the fight for France's freedom while under sentence of death. The gutless french supported the traitorous vichy government.
The presenter is attractive. Lol French resistance...
Sans la résistance le débarquement serait un échec mais apparemment vous les américains vous aimez cracher sur les gens qui vous aident et n'oubliez pas qui ont été vos alliés pendant la guerre d'indépendance des Etats Unis
So much propaganda....he begged the americans and the brits to let him march first into paris so he can be the hero. French contribution to ww2 was very small.
it was Leclerc who liberated paris, why americans would refuse De Gaulle to parade ?
Mr take all the credit for France liberation.... Without the allies he would have never walked in France again... Of course he basically boasted that he did it all himself...
You could say that about everybody, without the Americans the British would never have defeated the Germans or the Japanese
He has the right to claim the credit because he kept France free after the liberation , he is the reason France did not become a vassal of the US like many other european countries who ultimately became completely dependent on US armies and nuclear weapons.
The most loved french of all time.... even before Napoléon, that must be for something...
He had France in his blood.
He fought in verdun. Has been pow, tried to escape to fight back in France during ww1.
He was the only one having victory over germans in May 1940.
Dont touch De Gaulle. He is a legend. He had the courage no one has ever had for France.
Whenever I think of Charles DeGaulle, it is synonymous with arrogance, pompous, self-importance and irrelevance. He just didn’t understand that France whimped out against the Nazis, needed the allies to liberate them, and lost it’s prominence as a major player in the world after WWII. A most unlikable individual.
Being a bit unfair on De Gaulle are we?
He stopped a French civil war at least twice, he brought an end to the “dirty war” in Algeria, he worked with Adenauer to create the bedrock of the EU, he insisted that France develop an independent nuclear strike force (unlike the British who rely on US built missile systems and US based maintenance work), he maintained French interests in Africa and ensured extremely close relations with most of the former colonies, he positioned France in such a way that she would not be forced to follow the US down any “liberation” rabbit holes (think second Iraq war and “Saddam’s definitely real WMDs”) unlike Britain which has never refused to join the United States in their latest crusade, and his dream of a Europe independent of the US or the Soviets/Russians is becoming a reality every single day.
In short, he was prone to human faults, but he saved France on multiple occasions and established the desire for a strong independent Europe.
And also remember this, France’s sister nation of the UK harks on about independence from the EU despite not desiring independence from the US (and with the United States’ current propensity to make questionable elections decisions, i would not want to be tied to them).
France didn't wimp out against the Nazis they made bad decision like leaving a part of the boarder undefended thinking the Nazis couldn't go through it that's why they had to surrender
No offense but France was beaten because of its leaders and continuing a useless fight is just stupid. No use in destroying more human lives if the battle is lost. And De Gaulle is not unlikable, even i as a finnish person can understand his goals during ww2 and after it.
He turned France into the modern France of today. He wrote the constitution of the 5ème République. He gave the colonies their independence. He stood up to American hegemony. He orchestrated the French/German centered Europe. He was a great man of the 20th century.
@@blackalien6873 He didn’t write the constitution
Murder and killer
dont talk pish