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 &#39;The Last Titans: Churchill and de Gaulle&#39;, to unpack the extraordinary, contradictory life of this formidable statesman.Produced by James Hickmann and Dougal Patmore. and edited by Tim Arstall.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</a>.You can also email the podcast directly at <a href="mailto:ds.hh@historyhit.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ds.hh@historyhit.com</a>.Dan Snow&#39;s History Hit is a History Hit podcast.History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™.

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