Constantly bring up the 1961 Paris massacre like you're a Lemmitor and it's Tiananmen Square.
Only in this case French people actually did grow up not knowing anything about it. The media only reported three deaths and they stopped people from examining the archives until 1998. (See also this Michael Haneke film.)
I just had my last class with him 😔
Did you already do the teacher evaluation survey?
he was the ruler during the Algerian war of independence
I don't trust anyone who had a NATO aircraft carrier named after them.
De Gaulle refused fiercely entry into NATO, believing in independence under the dissuasive power of it's own nuclear weaponry. The rationale was also that by being both independent and a nuclear power, France would have a real say into to which countries to extend that nuclear "umbrella" outside of the "allied" sphere.
Like there where two Pétain (WW1 and Vichy), there are two De Gaulle, the fierce leader of WW2 and the reactionary repressor of May 1968.
But then, when in doubt he questioned his people, and the people said "no more", he retired - which is quite astounding really.
It's an important, and unusual, politician of the 2nd half of the 20th century. In my book, the way he handled Algeria's war to independence checks his overall balance as " fucking very bad guy" tho.
[It is only much, much later, under Sarkozy, that the French military command integrated into NATO. Pretty sure the old general is still spinning in his grave]. Hated the UN, too.
Or an airport
La Guardia was a decent NYC mayor as far as NYC mayors go
Leonardo da Vinci and Louis Armstrong, though.
Reagan cancels out those guys
Well, Lester Pearson was alright. He helped humiliate Britain in the Suez canal crisis.
What about Space Ships ?
Most space agencies name crewed spacecraft, probes, rovers, telescopes, etc after fairly non-controversial scientists or concepts. It could be argued that the space shuttle Columbia and Apollo 11 command module Columbia were named after Columbus, but technically they were named in honour of the first American ship to circumnavigate the world, so that's more of a grey area.
De Gaulle is one of those figures who does kind of have to be admired just for his massive brass balls imo
concerning.
Is your professor Quebecois by chance? They love his ass lol
I like that he was one of the first to recognize the PRC just to piss of Amerikkka but he's a basically a pragmatic fascist soooo
Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.
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