Renault R35
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The Renault R35, an abbreviation of Char léger Modèle 1935 R or R35, was a French light infantry tank of the Second World War.
R35 in the Yad La-Shiryon museum
Renault R35: the hatch at the back of the turret is clearly visible
R35s parading in Strasbourg in 1938
"R39" at the Musée des Blindés at Saumur next to an R35. Notice the longer gun, in this case a postwar conversion for the Gendarmerie.
Charles de Gaulle
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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of t
Renault R35
…armour piercing and 58 high explosive rounds. The R35 at first had no radio, except for the second battalion of the 507e Régiment de Chars de Combat (of Charles de Gaulle), but the R40 had the ER 54 installed. However, this added to the already heavy task load of the commander, who also acted as gunner and loader. In…
De Gaulle in uniform, 1942
Charles de Gaulle, sometime in the 1900s
De Gaulle as a cadet in Saint-Cyr, 1910
A plaque in Dinant commemorating the place where Charles de Gaulle, then an infantry lieutenant, was wounded in 1914