Philippe de Gaulle, admiral and son of Charles de Gaulle, dies at 102

His exploits during the Second World War and later in Algeria and Indochina were not enough for him to emerge from his father's shadow, to which a thousand streets in France are named.
Adm. Philippe de Gaulle, the eldest child of French warlord and former president Charles de Gaulle, died Wednesday in Paris. He was 102 years old.
His death was confirmed by the Élysée, seat of the French presidency. His son Yves told Le Figaro newspaper that he died "during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday" at the Institution nationale des Invalides, the historic French veterans' hospital in central Paris. The official Twitter account of the French Navy indicates that Admiral de Gaulle died on Wednesday.
Admiral de Gaulle spent his life in the shadow of his father , savior of France's war and founder of its navy. Fifth Republic, despite his illustrious career in the French Resistance and his brilliant military career thereafter.
As a young naval officer during the Second World War, he fought in the English Channel. and in the Atlantic; personally received the capitulation of German troops in Paris occupying the Palais Bourbon, now the French Senate, in August 1944; “participated in all the battles of the Liberation”, specifies the Elysée; and was wounded six times.
He later became a naval pilot and fought in the French wars of Indochina and Algeria. He completed his military service in 1982 as inspector general of the French Navy.
None of these careers was enough to merit particular warmth from the austere General de Gaulle. Philippe was nonetheless the attentive guardian of his father's memory, responsible for the general's papers and the family home in the north-east of France, in Colombey-les-Deux Églises. He unexpectedly revealed the human side of his father in a series of interviews which gave birth to the book “De Gaulle, My Father”, which became a bestseller in France in 2003.
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Philippe de Gaulle, admiral and son of Charles de Gaulle, dies at 102

His exploits during the Second World War and later in Algeria and Indochina were not enough for him to emerge from his father's shadow, to which a thousand streets in France are named.

Adm. Philippe de Gaulle, the eldest child of French warlord and former president Charles de Gaulle, died Wednesday in Paris. He was 102 years old.

His death was confirmed by the Élysée, seat of the French presidency. His son Yves told Le Figaro newspaper that he died "during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday" at the Institution nationale des Invalides, the historic French veterans' hospital in central Paris. The official Twitter account of the French Navy indicates that Admiral de Gaulle died on Wednesday.

Admiral de Gaulle spent his life in the shadow of his father , savior of France's war and founder of its navy. Fifth Republic, despite his illustrious career in the French Resistance and his brilliant military career thereafter.

As a young naval officer during the Second World War, he fought in the English Channel. and in the Atlantic; personally received the capitulation of German troops in Paris occupying the Palais Bourbon, now the French Senate, in August 1944; “participated in all the battles of the Liberation”, specifies the Elysée; and was wounded six times.

He later became a naval pilot and fought in the French wars of Indochina and Algeria. He completed his military service in 1982 as inspector general of the French Navy.

None of these careers was enough to merit particular warmth from the austere General de Gaulle. Philippe was nonetheless the attentive guardian of his father's memory, responsible for the general's papers and the family home in the north-east of France, in Colombey-les-Deux Églises. He unexpectedly revealed the human side of his father in a series of interviews which gave birth to the book “De Gaulle, My Father”, which became a bestseller in France in 2003.

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