Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle Biography and Timeline — Page 3

Negotiations

Negotiations with the Vietminh break down & the bombing of Haiphong begins

Role range: 1944-1958

Constitution of France

The provisional Government is reformed

Role range: 1944-1958

Free State

France recognizes Vietnam as a "free state" within the French Union

Role range: 1944-1958 – 1944-1946

Independence of France

France recognizes Vietnam as a "free state" within the French Union

Role range: 1944-1958 – 1944-1946

International Accord at Paris

After the accord with the Vietminh French troops return North to replace the Chinese

Role range: 1944-1958

Provisional Government

The provisional Government is reformed

Role range: 1944-1958

Resignation of Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle

The new Republic does not have enough executive power or a strong President

Role range: 1944-1958

Party Leader

Appointed Party Leader of the Rassemblement du Peuple Francais

Rassemblement du Peuple Francais (RPF)

Founds the Rassemblement du Peuple Francais, a new anti-communist party

Battle of Caobang

The French are defeated in their war with Vietnam at a key post on the Chinese border

President of France

Appointed President of the 5th Republic

Role range: 1958- – 1958-1969

Referendum

Offers the Algerians a referendum to decide their future

Role range: 1954-1962 – 1958-1969

French Membership of NATO

De Gaulle protested against the USA's strong role in the organization and what he perceived as a special relationship between it and the United Kingdom.

Role range: 1958-1969

French Membership of NATO

In a memorandum sent to President Dwight D.

Role range: 1958-1969

French Membership of NATO

NATO's unity was breached early in its history with a crisis occurring during Charles de Gaulle's presidency of France.

Role range: 1958-1969

French Membership of NATO

Eisenhower and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on 17 September 1958, he argued for the creation of a tripartite directorate that would put France on an equal footing with the US and the UK.

Role range: 1958-1969

Independence of Algeria

Comes to power in France & offers a plan for Algerian self-determination

Role range: 1954-1962 – 1958-1969

Independence of France

Comes to power in France & offers a plan for Algerian self-determination

Role range: 1954-1962 – 1958-1969

French Membership of NATO

de Gaulle began constructing an independent defence force for his country. He wanted to give France, in the event of an East German incursion into West Germany, the option of coming to a separate peace with the Eastern bloc instead of being drawn into a larger NATO–Warsaw Pact war. France withdrew its Mediterranean Fleet from NATO command

Role range: 1958-1969

Broadcast

Speaks of the "national legitamacy that I incarnate & have done for 20 years". After "laffaire des barricades" in Algiers appeals for order

Role range: 1954-1962 – 1958-1969

Nuclear Power

France explodes its first atomic bomb in the Sahara desert, it has a yield of 60-70 kilotons

Role range: 1958-1969

Assassination of Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle

Narrowly escapes an assassination attempt

Role range: 1958- – 1958-1969

Death of Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle

Narrowly escapes an assassination attempt

Role range: 1958- – 1958-1969

Constitution of France

Under article 16 of the Constitution de Gaulle assumes dictatorial emergency powers

Role range: 1954-1962 – 1958-1969

State of Emergency

Under article 16 of the Constitution de Gaulle assumes dictatorial emergency powers

Role range: 1954-1962 – 1958-1969

Algeria Economic Isolation Planned

French authorities agree in principle to financial and economic measures intended to isolate Algeria.

Role range: 1954-1962 – 1958-1969

Blockade of Algeria

A financial & economic blockade of Algeria is agreed in principle

Role range: 1954-1962 – 1958-1969

Broadcast

Forbids anyone to follow the orders of the rebellious generals in Algeria. Condemns the 4 retired generals leading the rebellion in Algeria

Role range: 1954-1962 – 1958-1969

Launch

Launches the Worlds longest liner at St Nazaire

Role range: 1958- – 1958-1969

Summit

Attends the Allied Summit in Paris

Role range: 1958- – 1958-1969

Independence of France

Senegal becomes independent

Role range: 1958- – 1958-1969

Independence of Senegal

Senegal becomes independent

Role range: 1958- – 1958-1969

Plot

The OAS attempt to assassinate de Gaulle as a last hope to save French Algeria

Role range: 1954-1962 – 1958-1969

Intergovernmental Europe Policy

De Gaulle promoted cooperation between sovereign European states while resisting further transfer of national powers to supranational institutions.

Role range: 1959-1969

Visited by Khruschev

Visited by Khruschev but de Gaulle does not change his pro-German policy over Berlin

Role range: 1958- – 1958-1969

Foreign Policy Statement at Paris

Makes a speech excluding Great Britain from the Common Market

Role range: 1958- – 1958-1969

Common Agricultural Policy Launch

De Gaulle strongly supported the Common Agricultural Policy as a central economic interest for France within the EEC.

Role range: 1959-1969

Election

Elected President of the 5th Republic

Role range: 1958- – 1958-1969

Concorde

The British & French Governments agree to build what will become Concorde

Role range: 1958- – 1958-1969

Fouchet Plan, The

De Gaulle backed the Fouchet Plan, which proposed a political union based on cooperation between European governments.

Role range: 1958-1969 – 1958-1969