1.
Charles de Gaulle

2.
Date and Place of Birth
 Charles was born on November 22nd, 1890.
 de Gaulle was born in Lille, a northern France
city.
Lille, France, Charles de Gaulle’s birthplace.

3.
Childhood and Family
 Charles’s father was a teacher.
 de Gaulle was raised to seek revenge on Germany after
France’s war with Prussia, a nation that would later make up
most of Germany.
 He was taught at an early age to value his long family history
of fighting for France.

4.
Education
 Charles began classes at Saint-Cyr, the best French
military academy in 1909.
 de Gaulle was called “the Big Asparagus” by classmates
because of his height. He was 6’ 5.
 He excelled at Saint-Cyr and he graduated from it in
1912.
Saint-Cyr, the military academy Charles de Gaulle attended.

5.
Career
 Charles served as a captain in the army in World
War I.
 After the First World War, de Gaulle was
constantly at odds with his superior officers.
 The French ignored most of his military strategies
and they were later used by the Germans in World
War II.

6.
Important Facts
 Charles was the leader of the Free French Forces in
the Second World War.
 de Gaulle made his best efforts to keep France away
from the United States and the Soviet Union, the two
biggest superpowers at the time following WWII.
 He pulled France out of the North American Treaty
Organization.

7.
Works and Inventions
 Charles wrote memoirs after resigning as president of France
in January of 1946.
 de Gaulle continued to write more memoirs after resigning
as president of France again in 1969.

8.
Why de Gaulle is
Remembered Today
 Charles was the best-known figure in the French Resistance
in WWII.
 de Gaulle was the first president of France.
 His best service to his country was preserving democracy in
France.
Charles de Gaulle
delivering a speech on the
radio during World War II.

9.
Death and Cause of Death
 Charles died on November 9th, 1970.
 de Gaulle succumbed to a heart attack.
 He was 79 years old when he died.

10.
Works Cited
Website: "Charles de Gaulle." Biography.com. A+E Television
Networks, LLC., 2013. Web. 16
May 2013. http://www.biography.com/.
Website: "Charles de Gaulle." History and the Headlines. ABC
Clio, 2013. Web. 15 May
2013. <http://www.historyandtheheadlines.abc-
clio.com/ContentP...>.
Book: Miller, Robert. Political and Military Leaders. Danbury:
Grolier, 1996. Print.
Vol. 6 of The Grolier Library of International Biographies.