2007-08-29 11:49:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Jason, DeGaulle's talent was self-promotion. His "battle plan" ended at Dunkirk, and he was little more than an interference over the course of the rest of the War.
His true importance, although it had very little to do with the military victory of the Allies, was his image. He served as a figurehead for the French people who desperately needed one. The British, Americans and Soviets universally despised him and his interfering, obnoxious attitude. He was a pest in the face of the men who were doing the heavy lifting. He was "tolerated" not appreciated nor valued by the Allied military commanders.
2007-08-30 04:43:08 · answer #1 · answered by Sprouts Mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Difficult to say because he was totally reliant on the other Allies but he was a figurehead when France was at its lowest point rather like Churchill and the Free French Forces fought well in the war. They were the most effective troops at Cassino except perhaps for the Poles.
2007-08-29 18:17:12 · answer #2 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
June 16, 1940 - He made the most important decision in his life and in the modern history of France: he refused to accept French surrender and instead rebelled against the legal (but illegitimate, in his eyes) government of Pétain, calling for the continuation of the war against Hitler's Germany.
If that means he was a talented general, then so be it.
2007-08-29 12:16:33 · answer #3 · answered by The Corinthian 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, he was absolutely despised by the allied commanders, he was interested only in his place in history. Canada led the freeing of France in the war, later when DeGaulle was president of France during a visit to Canada he encouraged the separatists in Quebec to leave Confederation, that's the kind of jerk Charles DeGaulle was.
2007-08-29 11:59:00 · answer #4 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, but he was an excellent self-publicist.
2007-08-29 12:40:03 · answer #5 · answered by iansand 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋