Charles de Gaulle was born on 22 Nov 1890 in Patriotic Catholic. Although the genus Galley de noble, de in the names — not traditional for France. Already as a boy he showed great interest in
1890 in Patriotic Catholic. Although the genus Galley de
noble, de in the names — not traditional for France. Already as a boy he showed great interest in military Affairs. After a year of preparatory exercises in Paris, the collège Stanislas, he was taken in a Special Military school at Saint-Cyr.
the former school of the Imperial guard in Rembertow, near Warsaw, and in July and August 1920, a short time at the front fighting the Soviet-Polish war of 1919-1921 in the rank of major
Слайд 4 In the 1930-ies the Colonel, and then Colonel
de Gaulle became widely known as the author of
the military-theoretical works, such as "For professional army," "On the edge of the sword", "France and its army". In his books de Gaulle, in particular, pointed to the need for a comprehensive development of armored forces as the main weapon of a future war.
the start of the war was appointed commander of the tank troops in the Saar. In January 1940, de Gaulle wrote an article "the Phenomenon of mechanized troops", which stressed the importance of coordination between the different ground forces, primarily tank.
development of the new Constitution of France. According to
the Constitution of the IV Republic the President elected by Parliament for a term of seven years, had limited the sphere of competence, he was more invested with the semblance of power, because it could influence the adoption of laws only in certain cases.