ISTORIE ȘI MEMORIE: CHARLES DE GAULLE ÎN SECOLUL XX
HISTORY AND MEMORY: CHARLES DE GAULLE IN XX CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: The study offers an overview of XX-th Century History when Charles de Gaulle’s legacy was built in France, stage by stage as a whole of the French National Memory; accordingly, the sequences of the paper examine Charles de Gaulle's life: his birth in Lille (22 November 1890), primary school stage, the admission to Saint-Cyr Military Academy (1908-1910). In an equal manner, the structure of the paper follows: Charles de Gaulle's military profession starting with the enrollment in the 33rd Infantry Regiment based in Arras (1912), continuing with his own Interwar and Second World War politico-military actions, among them: the famous BBC “Appeal” (18 June 1940). The research paper offers an overview of some specific writings signed by Charles de Gaulle, all of them dedicated to a new war military theory. The research focal point consists of Charles de Gaulle’s genuine political way as President of the Fifth French Republic, on his faith that France should be treated as one of the Great Powers, a constant endeavor of French Grandeur Policy. In this light, the present study places emphasis on various interpretations of Charles de Gaulle's political conception, on different meanings of Gaullism, on his successors’ political behavior and on their actions in order to preserve and improve Charles de Gaulle achievements for future decades. Notwithstanding Charles de Gaulle's death (9 November 1970), Charles de Gaulle’s Legacy remains eternal in France and abroad, a continuing history.

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