Charles de Gaulle

ABOUT CHARLES DE GAULLE

Leader of the World War II-era French Free Forces who led a government in exile against France's pro-German Vichy government from London and Africa. After the war he founded and was the first president of the French Fifth Republic from 1959 to 1969.

He was a voracious reader during his childhood years, and he wrote a one-act play during his teens.

He frequently clashed with British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill , during the World War II years.

He married Yvonne Charlotte Anne Marie Vendroux in April of 1921. Together, the couple had three children.

He was succeeded by Georges Pompidou .