354: Paris 1968: The Return of De Gaulle (Part 2)

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🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Charles de Gaulle was a war hero in the First World War, and, having refused to accept his government’s armistice with Nazi Germany, became the voice of the French Resistance during the Second World War. But how did France’s largest uprising since the Paris Commune come to happen during his presidency? Join Tom and Dominic in the second part of our tour of Paris, as they look at de Gaulle’s role in the events of May 1968, and how he eventually overcame the protests. Read more about Tom and Dominic's trip to Paris, in partnership with Wise: https://wise.com/campaign/restishistory *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in London, New Zealand, and Australia! Buy your tickets here: restishistorypod.com Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to the rest is history.
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0:15.0	The Rest is History.
0:16.0	. . . . . . . . Today we are back in Paris, Dominic for the second part of our episode on the events of 1968 and we are literally in Paris
0:39.8	we're in the heart of the Latin Quarter the Latin quarter where the students all kicked off.
0:45.3	Today we're going to be, we're going to be, continue sitting in the cafe.
0:48.6	We are, continue on our chat.
0:50.4	We're going to be heading off to the Shamsilise and it is all thanks to WISE, the international
0:56.0	account that is built to save you money around the world, whether it's with a card or your phone,
1:01.6	you can spend like a local Dominic have I ever said that
1:04.7	before I think I might have done in 150 countries have I mentioned that as well always
1:09.0	150 countries brilliant Tom so you may remember, dear listeners,
1:13.7	that last time we were talking about the events of May 1968,
1:16.7	we were talking about the outbreak of the student protests
1:19.2	are Nantes outside Paris, about the way in which they spread to the heart of the left bank to
1:26.0	the Sorbonne the overreaction of the French authorities the violence of the police
1:31.9	the violence to the students in response the sense that the government had lost
1:36.2	control then the wave of strikes and we ended by saying and two-thirds of the
1:42.0	country is on strike two-thirds of the country is on strike.
1:43.0	Two-thirds of the country is on strike.
1:44.0	And this sort of sense that, um,
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