Charles de Gaulle: The Man Who Rebuilt France

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In June 1940, France was collapsing. Paris was in enemy hands, the government had fled, and Marshal Pétain was preparing to surrender. Into that chaos stepped a lanky, rigid French general with no army, no government and almost no followers - Charles de Gaulle. From penniless exile to twice head of state, his career would span two world wars, the collapse of empire, and the birth of modern France. Dan Snow is joined by Richard Vinen, author of 'The Last Titans: Churchill and de Gaulle', to…