Mitford, Nancy. “Critical Materials”. Love from Nancy: The Letters of Nancy Mitford, edited by Charlotte Mosley, Hodder and Stoughton, 1993, p. various pages.
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Charles de Gaulle
Standard Name: Gaulle, Charles de
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Nancy Mitford | NM
began the most serious affair of her life, with Colonel Gaston Palewski
, a member of the Free French
Forces, and adviser and future minister to General Charles de Gaulle
. |
| Occupation | Cecily Mackworth | During the early war years (including the period of the Blitz), CM
worked for the Free French
at the headquarters in Carlton Gardens, London, of the Bureau Central de Renseignement et d'Action (BCRA)
... |
| politics | Bryher | Assisted by Bryher
, Osbert Sitwell
organized a Reading of Famous Poets, which was held at the Aeolian Hall in London and benefited de Gaulle
's Free French
forces. Collecott, Diana. H.D. and Sapphic Modernism, 1910-1950. Cambridge University Press, 1999, http://Rutherford HSS. 235 |
| politics | Julia Kristeva | JK
had been a committed Marxist in her early life. She arrived in Paris (enabled to do so by Charles de Gaulle
's Europeanist vision despite the fact that she was already suspected of unorthodoxy... |
| Residence | Violet Trefusis | VT
received a telegram from Gaston Palewski
, de Gaulle
's Chief of Staff, reading: My dear friend, naturally your presence is part of Paris. A visa came with it. qtd. in Jullian, Philippe et al. Violet Trefusis: Life and Letters. Hamish Hamilton, 1976. 107 |
| Residence | Julia Kristeva | She had, however, nearly forfeited her permission to travel by publishing an ideologically suspect article. Miller, Lucasta. “Mother complex”. The Guardian, 7 Apr. 2007, p. Review 11. 11 |
| Residence | Cecily Mackworth | She described this journey in detail in I Came Out of France and again more briefly in Ends of the World. Her later account recalls the crowd of refugees heading towards the twin towers... |
| Textual Production | Helen Waddell | General Charles de Gaulle
delivered at Tunis a speech intended to galvanize the Americans to decisive action in the Second World War, Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. Blackett, Monica. The Mark of the Maker: A Portrait of Helen Waddell. Constable, 1973. 174 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Julia Kristeva | This was originally titled from one of its four sections, an address to the person who founded the French organization SOS Racisme
. In a context of the spread of neo-Nazism in Europe (including the... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Cecily Mackworth | Mackworth met plenty of soldiers, both French and British, who were baffled and upset by the crumbling of French resistance; she also met a few people of right-wing views who felt closer to a German... |
Timeline
18 June 1940: Charles de Gaulle, a French officer who had...
National or international item
18 June 1940
Charles de Gaulle
, a French officer who had fled to Britain when France fell (now technically, with Marshall Pétain
's armistice plan, a rebel and a deserter for seeking to fight on),
Beevor, Antony, and Charles de Gaulle. “Foreword”. The flame of French resistance, Guardian News and Media, 2007, pp. 5-8.
5
30 May 1941: At the instigation of Charles de Gaulle,...
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30 May 1941
At the instigation of Charles de Gaulle
, the feast-day of Saint Joan of Arc
was marked in Nazi
-occupied France by informal groups of people walking the streets of our towns and our villages...
25 August 1944: Paris was liberated from Nazi occupation....
National or international item
25 August 1944
Paris was liberated from Nazi occupation. With the Allied advance approaching, Parisians mounted an uprising; a German general disobeyed Hitler
's order to destroy the city; and General de Gaulle
ensured that the first troops...
January 1958: The European Economic Community or European...
National or international item
January 1958
The European Economic Community
or European Common Market
came into being; it was established by the Six: Belgium, France, the German Federal Republic, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
34, 39
Thomson, David, and Geoffrey Warner. England in the Twentieth Century, 1914-1979. 2nd ed., Penguin Books, 1981.
264
22 September 1958: In a referendum almost 80% of French citizens...
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22 September 1958
In a referendum almost 80% of French citizens approved the constitution drawn up for the new Fifth Republic in France. The Fourth Republic, instituted on 27 October 1946 following World War Two, had foundered...
8 January 1959: Charles de Gaulle was proclaimed the first...
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8 January 1959
Charles de Gaulle
was proclaimed the first President of the Fifth Republic in France.
“1959: De Gaulle becomes president”. BBC News: On This Day, 8 Jan. 1959.
“May-December 1958: the nation turns to de Gaulle”. Charles-De-Gaulle.org.
10 August 1961: Britain applied, for the first time, for...
Writing climate item
10 August 1961
Britain applied, for the first time, for membership in the Common Market (later the European Community). This application was defeated by opposition from France in the person of President Charles de Gaulle
.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(10 August 1961): 8
2 May 1968: French students in Paris and elsewhere began...
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2 May 1968
French students in Paris and elsewhere began street protests against de Gaulle
's policies; these continued until 12 June and were violently put down by the police.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
428
Wallerstein, Immanuel. “The Albatross of Racism”. London Review of Books, 18 May 2000, pp. 11-14.
14
Texts
Beevor, Antony, and Charles de Gaulle. “Foreword”. The flame of French resistance, Guardian News and Media, 2007, pp. 5-8.
Gaulle, Charles de, and Antony Beevor. The flame of French resistance. Guardian News and Media, 2007.