De Gaulle's face showed displeasure. After thinking for a long time, he said calmly: "Of course! No government has the right to legally betray its country and people. Now that France has been invaded by Germany, the government I am the only member who has persisted in resisting. Once the current government declares its surrender, I will take charge of the wartime power on behalf of the French people.”

In this way, this dialogue started the great men of the two countries in the Second World War. Formal cooperation also began with disagreements and quarrels arising from national interests.

In September 1940, Britain and France jointly launched an expedition to Dakar in western Africa, but failed. On the issue of responsibility for the defeat, the two sides began to have differences of opinion. In 1941, Major General Misselier of the "Free France" organized by de Gaulle was arrested by the British and accused of providing intelligence to the French Vichy puppet government about preparations for the Dakar expedition. De Gaulle believed that the British wanted to blame the defeat of Dakar on the "Free France". He vigorously defended the honor of Misselier (the general later betrayed him), and even threatened to release Misselier if he was not immediately released. Yes, sever all ties between "Free France" and Britain. In the end, the British admitted their mistake and released Misselier. This incident became the first serious disagreement between the two sides.

During World War II, Churchill was fed up with de Gaulle's uncompromising attitude and independent stance. British archives show that in September 1940, he considered whether he could send de Gaulle to fight the Italians. Likewise, de Gaulle often accused Churchill of being too grovelingly dependent on Roosevelt. The two also often mock each other's language proficiency. De Gaulle spoke very poor English. When he first arrived in England, he began to try hard to express a complete sentence in English, but his pronunciation was really bad. Churchill always mocked his English, and de Gaulle in turn mocked Churchill's French. In the end, the two had to use a translator to converse in their native language.

Just after the end of World War II, the fate of the two men was very different. De Gaulle, who had fled to Britain alone, became the supreme commander of the French armed forces, but Churchill was defeated in the general election of his country. At that time, Churchill, who was attending the Potsdam Conference, was forced to interrupt the meeting and return home. He felt extremely humiliated, and his mind was filled with the famous sayings of the famous writer Plutarch: "Ingratitude to great men is a characteristic of all powerful nations." Just a few months later, de Gaulle was worshiped by the French people. 100 affirmative votes were elected as the Prime Minister of the interim government. Churchill immediately wrote a congratulatory letter to de Gaulle, writing: "Plutarch was wrong!"

After reading Churchill's congratulatory letter, de Gaulle smiled and shook his head. This old friend who has fought side by side with me for five years! Although he was in exile in England, in order to safeguard the dignity and interests of France, he always maintained a arrogant and stubborn attitude in front of Churchill, and even had many fierce quarrels with him. But in his lonely heart, Churchill is still the only person in the world that he can call a "friend". Otherwise, they are all enemies, opponents or subordinates