How the DS Saved the French President’s Life
De Gaulle had made many enemies during his long and tumultuous political career.
De Gaulle had made many enemies during his long and tumultuous political career.
In 1989, the German Democratic Republic was about to celebrate 40 years of its regime and its leader wished to receive with great pomp French President Mitterrand. Wanting to impressive him with an exclusive French ride, Erich Honecker (a German politician who, as the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity …
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