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Outrage after General de Gaulle's tomb damaged by vandals
[BBC]. Two suspects are being sought after vandals damaged the tomb of former French leader General Charles de Gaulle, sparking outrage.The authorities said a man stepped onto the grave and toppled a one-and-a-half metre cross at its head, which broke. The incident happened on Saturday, when the French Resistance against Nazi Germany was being commemorated. Thousands of people visit the site each year to pay their respects to a towering figure in 20th Century France. General de Gaulle led the French Resistance during World War Two, founded the Fifth Republic in the 1950s and led the country for a decade until 1969. He died in 1970 and is buried in the village of Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises in the northern département of Haute-Marne. Posted by: 3dc 2017-05-28 |
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