Charles de Gaulle, a French soldier, the founder, composer and politician of the Fifth Republic of France, was proud of his military status all his life, so he is called General de Gaulle below. General de Gaulle was born in Lille, France. I went to Paris with my family when I was young and joined the army when I was young. 1940 When Paris fell, Vichy's puppet government surrendered to Germany to protect itself. General de Gaulle resisted strongly and was forced to go into exile in London as an opposition party. On June 18 of the same year, General Charles de Gaulle issued his famous call to persist in the war of resistance on the British broadcasting station BBC in London. At the end of this infectious document, he said: "No matter what happens, we will never allow the bonfire of the French war of resistance to be extinguished, and our war will never be extinguished." The next day, the newspaper was reprinted and the announcer read it again, which greatly inspired the people. Under his leadership, the Free French Armed Forces was formally established in Africa, determined to defend their homeland. Next time, he reiterated his opposition to the government's demand for a truce and issued a call for resistance in the BBC. In his speech on June 22, he said: "All French people who pursue freedom will continue to fight with all their strength at any time and place under the guidance of honor, sober mind and the interests of the motherland."
From 65438 to 0943, the "Free France" armed forces he led moved to Africa and the Balkans to participate in the Normandy landing and the liberation of France. 1June 944 14, Charles de Gaulle arrived in Normandy and delivered his first speech in this liberated French territory. On August 24th, General leclerc led the armored division to liberate France. Two days later, General Charles de Gaulle triumphed. When he crossed the Champs Elysé es, almost everyone in Paris lined up and cheered warmly. From time to time, he raised his arm to pay tribute to the people in Paris who cheered with tears around him. The enthusiasm at that time was beyond words. After Charles de Gaulle was elected Prime Minister of the post-war interim government, he began to rebuild the devastated motherland and revive the collapsed economy at that time. However, due to dissatisfaction with the multi-party Coalition government, he chose to resign on 1946. But he is convinced that the present Fourth Republic will soon collapse, and the French people will loudly call for him to regain power.
Sure enough, twelve years later, he became the first president of the Fifth Republic of France on1959 65438+1October 8, and was re-elected on 1965. During his tenure, General Charles de Gaulle made great efforts to restore the hegemonic position of France as a former great power lost in the war, develop the economy internally, rearm, and establish and develop an independent nuclear energy armed force. Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle pursued independent diplomacy and established diplomatic relations with People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1964, becoming the first western country to formally establish diplomatic relations with People's Republic of China (PRC) at the ambassadorial level. At the same time, General Charles de Gaulle played a vital role in persuading then US President Nixon to ease relations with China. General de Gaulle originally planned to visit China, but for various reasons, he failed to make it. Since then, the Prime Minister of the interim government, General Charles de Gaulle, has clashed with the Constitutional Convention. On June 20th of the following year, 65438, he submitted his resignation to the President of the National Assembly, Felix Gu 'an, because of differences on the issue of military loans. At the same time, he has completed the mission set for himself in 1940, that is, liberating French territory, restoring the Republic, organizing free and democratic elections, and carrying out economic and social modernization reform.
After resigning from the presidency, he has been living in his hometown, a church village with a population of only 400, and devoted himself to writing his memoirs. Faced with the expenses provided by the government to the retired president, Charles de Gaulle, with strong personality, took nothing, even refused to accept the mansion he gave him, and lived on the manuscript fee until his death. 1970165438+1On October 9th, Charles de Gaulle died of a heart attack. 12 On the burial day, about 40,000 French people spontaneously came to Collombet Church Village to pay their last respects to Dai Gaoke. At the same time as the funeral for the general was held in Colombo Church, 500,000 people in Paris braved the autumn rain and spontaneously poured into the streets and gathered in the Arc de Triomphe Square to express their deep condolences to General De Gaulle.
In fact, Mr. de Gaulle's will was written and sealed as early as 1952, and it was required that it could not be unsealed until after his death. The will reads:
"I hope my hometown Collombet church will hold a funeral. If I die somewhere else, my body must be transported back to my hometown. There is no need to hold any public memorial service. My grave must also be the place where my daughter is buried, and then my wife will rest in peace there. Only Charles de Gaulle is allowed on the tombstone.
The ceremony must be arranged with the help of my personal assistant and the form is extremely simple. I don't want to hold a state funeral, and I don't want to invite the president, ministers, parliamentary delegations and representatives of public organizations to attend. Only the armed forces can formally participate in their capacity, but the number need not be large. There are no bands playing, no horns, no speeches in churches or other places, and no eulogy in Congress. At the funeral, please don't leave any other seats except my family, my comrades in the Liberation Army and members of Collombet City Council.
My fellow men and women in France can accompany my body to the final resting place if they want, adding luster to my name, but I hope to send the body to the cemetery silently. I declare that I refuse to accept any titles, promotions, honors, awards and medals given to me in advance. Whether French or foreigners, it will be against my wishes to give me any of the above. "
According to the general's wishes, the funeral was very simple, with no trumpets and no sorrows. When the church held mass, there was no speech. The coffin was transported by a chariot to the front of the church, and then carried to the grave by the youth in the church village of Kelongbei. The coffin cost 350 francs, which was only converted into 63 dollars at that time. In the cemetery of this church, the cemetery of Charles de Gaulle's father and daughter only occupies an obscure corner, but the French people deeply remember the great achievements of General Charles de Gaulle.
General Charles de Gaulle famously said, "Whenever history is at its worst, I have an obligation to shoulder the responsibility of France." He spent his whole life fulfilling his promise. General de Gaulle is not only the pride of the French nation, but also the pride of all mankind.
General de Gaulle usually likes to read detective stories by agatha christie and The Adventures of Tintin by Herge. He once said: "The ups and downs of life can be compared with mine. There is only one person in the world, and that is Tintin! "