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Gaulle, de, Charles André Joseph Marie
- Date of birth:
- November 22nd, 1890 (Lille, France)
- Date of death:
- November 9th, 1970 (Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, France)
- Buried on:
- Grave Charles de Gaulle Colombey-les-Deux-Églises
- Nationality:
- French (1870-present, Republic)
Biography
Charles de Gaulle, a veteran from WW1, was the commander-in-chief of the Free French Forces during the Second World War. He became president of France on 8 January 1959.
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Croix de Guerre (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Awarded on:
- January 18th, 1915
With palm and star (2 citations)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Capitaine (Captain)
- Unit:
- 10e Compagnie, 33e Régiment d'Infanterie, Armée de terre
- Awarded on:
- October 17th, 1919
"A DOUAUMONT le 2 Mars 1916, sous un effroyable bombardement, alors que l'ennemi avait percé a ligne et attaque sa compagnie de toutes parts, a organisé apres un corps à corps farouche, un îlot de résistance ou tous se battirent jusqu'à ce que fussent dépensées les munitions, fracassés les fusils et tombés les défenseurs désarmés; bien que très grièvement blessé d'un coup de baïonnette, a continué à être l'âme de la défense jusqu'à ce qu'il tombât inanimé sous l'action des gaz. A blessure/antérieures"
Odre N. 20.654 "D"
Order of St. Anna III class
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Rank:
- Capitaine (Captain)
- Awarded on:
- January 26th, 1922
No. 2980 (commander-in-chief's decree No. 2965)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Capitaine (Captain)
- Awarded on:
- 1922
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Capitaine (Captain)
- Awarded on:
- 1922
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Awarded on:
- 1923
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1927
Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic - II Class
- Awarded on:
- 1932
- Rank:
- Lieutenant-Colonel
- Awarded on:
- December 19th, 1934
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Général de brigade
- Awarded on:
- November 17th, 1940
Grand Master in 1945-1946 and 1959-1969
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Général de brigade
- Awarded on:
- 1942
Nichan ad-Dam
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Général de brigade
- Awarded on:
- June 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Général de brigade
- Awarded on:
- May 1944
Ordre de Saint-Charles - Grand-croix
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Général de brigade
- Awarded on:
- October 1944
Croix de Guerre 1940
Legion of Merit - Chief Commander (LoM - CC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Général de brigade
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1945
GENERAL CHARLES DE GAULLE, President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic and Commander-in-Chief of France's armed forces, performed distinguished services by maintaining his nation's effort in the struggle against the common enemy in Europe. From the chaos which followed the unleashing of the aggressor states' military power he emerged to keep bright the flame of liberty among his countrymen, to rally them in the cause of freedom, to merge their revived strength with the growing might of the United Nations. In victory he returned to his native soil, there to rebuild on firm principles a nation rededicated to liberty, equality and fraternity."
War Department, General Orders No. 83. The presentation was made by the President in a ceremony at the White House.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Général de brigade
- Awarded on:
- November 13th, 1945
Grand Croix de l'ordre du Dragon d'Annam
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Général de brigade
- Awarded on:
- 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Général de brigade
- Awarded on:
- 1946
With bronze palm (1 citation of 1940)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Général de brigade
- Awarded on:
- 1946
Rad Bileho lva I Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Général de brigade
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Général de brigade
Order of the Queen of Sheba - Grand Cordon
- Awarded on:
- October 1950
Cavaliere di Gran Croce della Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
- Awarded on:
- April 16th, 1959
Ordine Supremo del Cristo
- Awarded on:
- June 1959
Order of the Sun of Peru - Grand Cross with diamonds
- Awarded on:
- February 1960
Royal Victorian Chain
- Awarded on:
- April 1960
Orden del Libertador General San Martín - Collar
- Awarded on:
- June 1960
Order of Valour - Grand Officer
- Awarded on:
- July 1960
The Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri
- Awarded on:
- October 1960
National Order of Madagascar - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- October 1960
Ordre du Lion d'or de la Maison de Nassau
- Awarded on:
- February 1961
Order of the Equatorial Star - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- March 1961
National Order of the Lion - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- April 1961
National Order of the Ivory Coast - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- June 1961
Sonderstufe des Großkreuzes des Verdienstordens der BRD
- Awarded on:
- June 1961
Order of Pahlavi - 1st Class
- Awarded on:
- October 17th, 1961
Order of the Niger - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- September 1961
National Order of Benin - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- October 1961
National Order of Chad - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- March 1962
Congolese Order of Merit - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- November 1961
National Order of Merit of Upper Volta - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- April 1962
- Awarded on:
- April 1962
Order of Central African Merit - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- June 1962
- Awarded on:
- September 1962
Sanct Olavs Orden Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- September 1962
Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun suurristi (SVR SR)
- Awarded on:
- October 19th, 1962
Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca - Chain
- Awarded on:
- March 1963
Order of Mono - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- March 1963
Kungliga Svärdsorden - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- May 8th, 1963
Basilikon Tagma toy Soteros - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- May 1963
Wissam al-Mohammadi - Special Class
- Awarded on:
- June 1963
- Awarded on:
- October 1963
- Awarded on:
- 1963
Royal Order of Cambodia - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- June 1964
Order of the Liberator - Collar
- Awarded on:
- September 1964
Order of Boyaca - Grand Cross
- Awarded on:
- September 1964
- Awarded on:
- September 1964
Order of the Condor of the Andes - Collar
- Awarded on:
- September 1964
Collar to the Order of Merit
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1964
National Order of Merit
- Awarded on:
- October 1964
Grande Colar del Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul
- Awarded on:
- October 1964
- Awarded on:
- October 1964
Order of Al-Hussein bin Ali - Collar
- Awarded on:
- November 1964
Elefantordenen
- Awarded on:
- April 5th, 1965
Order of Merit - Extraordinary Grade
- Awarded on:
- May 1965
Nishan-i-Lmar-i-Ala - 1st Class
- Awarded on:
- June 1965
Grand Cordon in to the Order of a Million Elephants and White Parasol
- Awarded on:
- July 1966
Ojaswi Rajanyako Manapadvi
- Awarded on:
- October 1966
National Order of Merit - Grand Collar
- Awarded on:
- July 1967
Order Odrodzenia Polski Wielki
- Awarded on:
- September 1967
Nishan-e-Pakistan
- Awarded on:
- October 1967
Wisam Al Rafidain - I Class
- Awarded on:
- October 1968
Sources
- - Legion d'Honneur
- Virtuti Militari de Gaulle - Kraj - rp.pl
- LES MÉDAILLÉS
- De Gaulle Arrives in Iran for a Four-Day Visit - The New York Times
- Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun ritarikunnan suurristin ketjujen kera haltijat 1919–1994 by svrslrkt - Issuu
- Hyginus Eugene Cardinale : Orders of Knighthood Awards and The Holy See - A historical, juridical and practical Compendium . London: Van Duren, 1983, p. 33.
- Wojciech Stela: Polskie ordery i odznaczenia (Vol. I). Warszawa: 2008, s. 48.
- Légion d'honneur, ordre de la Libération, Une certaine idée de la France…, 2019, pp. 31 et 336.
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- 09-'44: Armed Might that Gladdened the Heart of France
- 07-'45: Facts Behind the Syria-and-Lebanon Dispute
- 07-'45: Our Diary of the War
- 08-'45: Thoughts on the Peace of Potsdam
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