Charles de Gaulle

‘Close shave!’ How De Gaulle escaped assassin’s bullets 60 years ago

‘They’re such bad shots!’ France’s World War II hero later jokes about the attempt on his life which shocks the country and gives De Gaulle an opportunity to boost the powers of his office
De Gaulle pardons two would-be assassins but refuses clemency for Bastien-Thiry, who is the last person to be executed by firing squad in France on March 11, 1963 at the age of 35

By AFP · 22 August 2022