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    An diesem Tag im Jahr 1959 wurde Charles de Gaulle der erste Präsident der Fünften Republik Frankreichs. Er widersetzte sich Washington, baute ein Atomwaffenarsenal auf und festigte eine Vision strategischer militärischer Unabhängigkeit, die heute aktueller denn je ist


    An diesem Tag im Jahr 1959 wurde Charles de Gaulle der erste Präsident der Fünften Republik Frankreichs. Er widersetzte sich Washington, baute ein Atomwaffenarsenal auf und festigte eine Vision strategischer militärischer Unabhängigkeit, die heute aktueller denn je ist

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    Von goldstarflag

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    1. goldstarflag on

      Imagine if all of Europe did the same as France and built their own equipment. We wouldn’t be in the situation we are in now.

      There’d still be the issue of fragmentation, but that can be solved through integration and streamlining through the EU; speeding up the ever-closer Union 🇪🇺.

    2. BaddonAOE on

      I won’t lie, he was the greatest man of the 20th century. If only our current president had even 5% of the man he was.

    3. DrSoarbeLacrimi on

      the fucking french were so right all along 😿 god damn it Charles.

    4. RMClure on

      He kicked out NATO HQ from Paris and forced them to slum it in Brussels. Respect.

    6. Elpsyth on

      On top of preventing the colonization plans that US had for France 10y prior. The US post war plans for France were completely unhinged with US soldier coming in during the landings with fake puppet money to destabilise the local economy and to legitimise setting up a US puppet state.

      Roosevelt personal distaste of the man nearly led to a massive conflict straight after the war.

      This chain if event led him to double down on the suspicion toward US and created the strategic planning that was followed by most presidents until the 2000s.

      Edit: It did not help either that he had the example from when the US established measures to prevent France from rebuilding after WW1 while flooding Germany with money to rebuild. They also engineered a financial crisis in France during that time and prevented the Treaty of Versailles to be applied (it being harsh and the reason if the Weimar republic failing is nazi propaganda, in practice it was never really applied nor enforceable)

    7. loxiw on

      The only european with guts to say no and regain some sovereignty for his country whilst the rest of Europe remained as colonies.

    10. Top_Standard_5659 on

      This makes me want to read all the classic Asterix albums over again🇪🇺🇫🇷

    13. _Razeft_ on

      he understood that they couldn’t become subservient to the USA, too bad the rest of Europe didn’t understand that

    14. wilhelmtherealm on

      Someone like him would have been considered right wing on liberal forums like reddit lol

    15. VenitianBastard on

      He was still kind of a dick in inciting separatist movements in Canada during the ’67 Expo

    16. Flash_Haos on

      He was also always against any real European integration and against European defense community.

    22. Delcane on

      I remember thinking 15 years ago that the french obsession with having their own version of everything was redundant and moronic in a world that I assumed was heading towards global peace and cooperation. OMG how f wrong I was

    23. Pretty_Nose_4079 on

      Much respect for his legacy from Romania…in his honour we have a boulevard with his name.

    24. The_memeperson on

      Charles de Gaulle opposed American dominance because he wanted French dominance

    25. Menhkte on

      The fact he is still relevant 60 years later is a big failure. It shouldn’t be the case

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