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Fourth Republic
De Gaulle’s Government
- Technically, the Vichy government had been the ‘legal’ government of France. But after D-Day, the British and Americans acknowledged De Gaulle as the legitimate leader of France
The reality was that France had suffered another devastating war with Germany and despite the divisions there was a desire for a ‘radical’ re-organisation of France
- To modernise it
- To make up for the years of suffering
- To make it stronger and more secure