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It’s interesting to note that whilst they were both very effective wartime leaders, De Gaulle was also an effective peacetime leader. We never really got to see what a peacetime Churchill administration would have looked like as he got voted out in 1945 (nothing personal, you understand. The...

It’s strange. Despite his reputation as a bit of a blowhard, De Gaulle was a surprisingly astute and competent statesman. He brought France back from the brink more than once.

Either? My good man, the Fifth Republic has functioned better than any of them. Be it the First, Second, Third, or Fourth. France has much to thank De Gaulle for, cantankerous bastard that he was.