Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle Biography and Timeline

Birth of Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle

Birth of Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle

Education

Pases the entrance examination to St Cyr

Battle of Verdun

Wounded in battle & captured by the Germans. "posthumously" awarded the Legion of Honour. It is officially thought de Gaulle died in battle

Role range: 1914-1918

Arrest of Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle

Imprisoned by the Germans at Ingolstadt, Bavaria

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Verdun

Taken prisoner during the Battle of Verdun

Role range: 1914-1918

Secretariat

Appointed Member of Marshal Petains Secretariat

Major

Appointed Major

Rule of Rhineland, The

Serves in the Rhineland occupation, 1927-1929

Le Fil de Lepee

Publication of "Le Fil de Lepee"

Lieutenant Colonel

Appointed Lieutenant Colonel

Secretary

Appointed Secretary of the Conseil Superieur de Defence Nationale

Vers lArmee de Metier

Publication of "Vers lArmee de Metier"

Colonel

Appointed Colonel

La France et son Armee

Publication of "La France et son Armee"

Mobilization

Draws up a memo for armoured units to counter German invasion of Holland & Belgium

Role range: 1939-1945

Commander of 4th Arm Division

Appointed Commander of the 4th Armoured Division

Commander of 4th Arm Division

Appointed Commander of the 4th Armoured Division

Role range: 1939-1945

Siege of Paris

Informed Touchon will try to create a defensive line outside Paris

Role range: 1939-1945

Invasion of France

Joined by an embryo staff & remants of General Petiets Cavalry at Laon

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Abbeville

Launches a counterattack in the region of Laon with 80 tanks to destroy the communication of the German armoured troops

Role range: 1939-1945

Invasion of France

Launches an attack on the "Bulge" from the north & sth

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Montcornet

Prepares to sever Guderians supply lines at Montcornet but is beaten back

Role range: 1939-1945

Invasion of France

Prepares to sever Guderians supply lines at Montcornet but is beaten back

Role range: 1939-1945

Siege of Montcornet

Prepares to sever Guderians supply lines at Montcornet but is beaten back

Role range: 1939-1945

General

Appointed temporary general

Battle of Abbeville

The Germans had massed the bulk of their armoured force in Panzer Group von Kleist, which attacked through the comparatively unguarded sector of the Ardennes and achieved a breakthrough at Sedan with air support. Holds the Germans up at Abbeville. Appointed temporary general

Role range: 1939-1945

General

Appointed temporary general

Role range: 1939-1945

Invasion of France

Realizes that France will be over-run by the Germans

Role range: 1939-1945

Battle of Montcornet

Holds the Germans up at Montcornet

Role range: 1939-1945

Brigadier General

Appointed Brigadier General

Under Secretary

Appointed Under Secretary of State for War

Brigadier General

Appointed Brigadier General

Role range: 1939-1945

Under Secretary

Appointed Under Secretary of State for War

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1941

Mobilization

Arranges transportation of 500,000 French soldiers to continue the war in north Africa

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1940-1941

Broadcast

Broadcasts to the French people declaring that the War for France is not over

Role range: 1939-1945

Trial

Deserts from the Vichy Government & is sentenced to death

Role range: 1939-1944

Vichy Government

Deserts from the Vichy Government & is sentenced to death

Role range: 1939-1944

Fighting France

Holds a rally in the Albert Hall in front of 10,000 French who sing the "Marseillaise"

Role range: 1939-1945

Fighting France

Announces on Bastille Day that his movement will be known as "Fighting France"

Role range: 1939-1945

General

Appoints Legentilhomme High Commissioner of Madagascar

Role range: 1939-1945