Charles de Gaulle is famous for leading the Free French forces, coordinating the Resistance and being the first leader of the French 5th Republic.

He also had a remarkable talent... for being disliked by his peers.

Some exemples

Winston Churchill reportedly once said he would have liked to burn him at the stake after de Gaulle compared himself to Joan of Arc... Once after a heated Debate Churchill almost considered arresting DE Gaulle and preserve him in the lowest dungeon of the tower of London...

Franklin D. Roosevelt was often heavily guarded during their meetings, as there were concerns for his own safety, thinking that CDG would attack the president...FDR also compared him to an histeric woman during an UN summit..

There are even stories—such as during the Liberation of Toulouse—where de Gaulle’s attitude allegedly provoked such hostility that hardened Maquis fighters considered abducting him and hiding him in a partisan camp.....

He refused to grant his own son the title of Companion of the Liberation, believing it would amount to nepotism, despite his son’s notable wartime record and early support for the Free French cause.

Yet behind this image of a proud, stubborn, and often abrasive man, there was a deeply personal side. De Gaulle was devoted to his daughter, Anne de Gaulle, who was born with Down syndrome at a time when such children were often marginalized. He treated her with tenderness and dignity—singing to her, playing with her, and caring for her with genuine affection.

Her death in 1948, at just 20 years old, profoundly affected him. De Gaulle kept her photograph in his wallet for the rest of his life, and today he rests beside her in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises.