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Charles de Gaulle flew to London and broadcast the Appeal of the 18th of June on the BBC to call for resistance against Nazi Germany. This speech ignited a movement that eventually liberated France despite being heard by fewer than a thousand people initially.
Charles de Gaulle died in 1970 after serving as the symbol of Free France since 1940. He maintained this role from his initial defiance of the Vichy regime until his death.
Charles de Gaulle established the Provisional Government of the French Republic after the liberation of Paris in August 1944. This government served as the foundation for the Fourth Republic and initiated a legal purge of collaborators.
Charles de Gaulle commuted nearly 1,000 death sentences to spare individuals who played minor roles in the occupation. He ensured that high-profile traitors like Philippe Pétain still faced justice.
Charles de Gaulle implemented economic policies known as dirigisme which involved substantial state-directed control over a capitalist economy. This strategy contributed to the unprecedented growth period known as the Trente Glorieuses.