Explore 9 historical events and records for France in 1959.
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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
Supports French nuclear development using uranium resources.
Directs Hiroshima mon amour, a major early work of modernist French cinema.
Comes to power in France & offers a plan for Algerian self-determination
Comes to power in France & offers a plan for Algerian self-determination
Directs Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro), winner of the Palme dOr.
Directs Pickpocket.
Appointed President of Euratom
Directs The 400 Blows, his feature debut and a landmark of the French New Wave.
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