de Gaulle and Churchill: The Foundations of a Perplexing Franco-British Relationship, 1940-1946

by Evan McGilvray

De Gaulle and Churchill examines the tense and complicated relationship between General de Gaulle as leader of the Free French on the one hand and Winston Churchill and the British Government on the other.

Evan McGilvray shows that De Gaulle was a career soldier, not a politician by any means, prior to 1940 but stepped into the leadership vacuum after the fall of France to provide a vital figurehead and rallying point for the Free French movement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152678646X
• ISBN13: 9781526786463
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 240 Pages