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Gaulle, Charles de

(Encyclopedia)Gaulle, Charles de: see de Gaulle, Charles.

de Gaulle, Charles

(Encyclopedia)de Gaulle, Charles shärl d gl [key], 1890–1970, French general and statesman, first president (1959–69) of the Fifth Republic. The World Wars During World War I de Gaulle served with distinct...

Auriol, Vincent

(Encyclopedia)Auriol, Vincent vNsäN´ ôryôl´ [key], 1884–1966, French statesman, first president (1947–54) of the Fourth Republic. A Socialist deputy after 1914, he was finance minister under Léon Blum (...

Colombey-les-deux-Églises

(Encyclopedia)Colombey-les-deux-Églises kôlôNb´-l-döz-glz´ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 664), Haute-Marne dept., NE France. The home and grave site of Charles de Gaulle are there. His grave is marked b...

Orly

(Encyclopedia)Orly ôrl´ [key], city (1990 pop. 21,824), Val-de-Marne dept., N central France, a suburb SE of Paris. It is the site of Orly airport, which with Charles de Gaulle is one of the two chief airports ...

Bourget, Le

(Encyclopedia)Bourget, Le, town (1990 pop. 11,728), Seine–Saint-Denis dept., N central France. A suburb of Paris, it is the site of Le Bourget airport, once Paris's main airport but now overshadowed by Charles-de...

Couve de Murville, Maurice

(Encyclopedia)Couve de Murville, Maurice mrs´ koov d mürvl´ [key], 1907–99, French politician and diplomat. After World War II he served as ambassador to Egypt, the United States, and West Germany. A...

Pompidou, Georges Jean Raymond

(Encyclopedia)Pompidou, Georges Jean Raymond zhôrzh pôNpdoo´ [key], 1911–74. French political leader, president of France (1969–74). Georges Pompidou taught school and then served in World War II until t...

Chaban-Delmas, Jacques

(Encyclopedia)Chaban-Delmas, Jacques zhäk shäbäN´-dlmä´ [key], 1915–2000, French political leader, born Jacques Delmas. He joined (1940) the resistance, using the nom de guerre Chaban, which he later adop...

Casablanca Conference

(Encyclopedia)Casablanca Conference, Jan. 14–24, 1943, World War II meeting of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at Casablanca, French Morocco. A joint declarat...