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Gaulle, Charles de
Charles de Gaulle
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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
born November 22, 1890, Lille, France
died November 9, 1970, Colombey-les-deux-Églises
Charles de Gaulle, 1967.
Bruno Barbey/Magnum Photos
French soldier, writer, statesman, and architect of France's Fifth Republic.
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