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During the first world war, the Lieutenant De Gaulle is wounded at the knee in his first combat in Dinant (Belgium) in August 1914. He fights on the Champagne front, and is wounded at the left hand in March 1915 during the Somme battle.

In March 1916, his regiment is under attack and nearly destroyed while protecting the village of Douaumont, near Verdun. He is wounded again at the thigh. He is captured and imprisoned. After a failed escape, he is transfered in a fort from where he attempted again five times to escape.

In May 1940, the general De Gaulle fought sucessfully the battle of Montcornet in northern France, with a uncomplete tank division. The ground his unit gained had to be abandoned for lack of support. He then moved to the Somme river towards Abbeville and his offensive prevented the German advance for four days.

He was then summoned to Paris to become under-secretary of the war ministry.

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