PARIS: French President Charles de Gaulle and his wife are being whisked by car through the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamart for a flight back to their country home, when a man on the side of the road waves a newspaper. The signal has been given. A group of right-wing extremists spring into action and rake the presidential Citroen DS with gunfire. Three of the bullets penetrate
De Gaulle was attacked along with his wife Yvonne when the presidential Citroen DS (pictured with bullet hole) was raked with gunfire as it sped through Paris on August 22, 1962.
August 22, 1962: French President Charles de Gaulle and his wife are being whisked by car through the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamart for a flight back to their country home, when a man on the side of…
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