Charles de Gaulle

France recognizes the People’s Republic of China

📅 27 January 1964

France and the PRC established diplomatic relations, making France the first major Western power to recognize Beijing. The move widened China’s diplomatic space and signaled that Western recognition...

Chad aligns with Free France under Félix Éboué

📅 26 August 1940

Governor Félix Éboué and military commander Pierre Marchand declared Chad’s alignment with Charles de Gaulle’s Free French movement. Chad became its first African territorial base, and other French...

Guinea rejects France’s proposed community and chooses independence

📅 28 September 1958

In a referendum on Charles de Gaulle’s proposed French Community, Guinean voters overwhelmingly rejected continued association with France. Sékou Touré’s campaign made the vote a direct choice for...