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1958-1967
Coup d’État and Fifth Republic
French generals in Algeria lead a coup d’état on May 13 1958 that overthrows the government of the fourth Republic and installs General De Gaulle in power in France
De Gaulle, Coup d’état, Nuclear weapons, Algerian War, Miners’ strike –
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