I am Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle,born 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970), commonly known in France as le général de Gaulle (General de Gaulle) or simply as le Général (the General),i was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to restore democracy in France