Glossary of Terms

Appel du 18 juin: De Gaulle's June 18, 1940 BBC broadcast calling for continued resistance

Cinquième République: Fifth Republic, constitutional system established by de Gaulle in 1958

Collaborateur: French citizens who cooperated with German occupation

Épuration: The purge of collaborators after Liberation

Force de frappe: French independent nuclear deterrent

France Libre: Free France, de Gaulle's movement 1940-1943

Françafrique: System of informal French influence in former African colonies

Gaullisme: Political philosophy and movement inspired by de Gaulle

Grandeur: Greatness/grandeur, central concept in de Gaulle's vision of France

Harki: Muslim Algerians who served with French forces

Hexagone: The Hexagon, nickname for metropolitan France based on its shape

OAS: Organisation Armée Secrète, terrorist group opposing Algerian independence

Parti des fusillés: "Party of the shot," Communist Party claim based on Resistance martyrs

Pied-noir: European settlers in Algeria

Politique de la chaise vide: "Empty chair policy," French boycott of EEC institutions 1965-1966

Quatrième République: Fourth Republic (1946-1958)

Régime des partis: "Regime of parties," de Gaulle's pejorative term for parliamentary system

Résistance: French resistance to German occupation

RPF: Rassemblement du Peuple Français, Gaullist movement 1947-1955

RPR: Rassemblement pour la République, neo-Gaullist party 1976-2002

Trente Glorieuses: "Thirty Glorious Years" of post-war economic growth (1945-1975)

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