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I wouldn't mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
Charles de Gaulle
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Charles de Gaulle
Age: 79 †
Born: 1890
Born: November 22
Died: 1970
Died: November 9
Former President Of The French Republic
Memoirist
Military Personnel
Military Theorist
Politician
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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle
General Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
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