The eldest child of French World War II Resistance leader and first postwar president Charles de Gaulle, has died aged 102, the family said on Wednesday. Issued on: 13/03/2024 – 16:38 2 min Philippe de Gaulle, who was a significant military figure in his own right, heeded his father’s call to join Free French forces in the fight against Nazism in World War II. He later had a successful naval career, rising to the rank of admiral, and also became a senator. Despite a striking physical resemblance, he was a more low-key figure than his father but devoted himself to preserving the memory of Charles de Gaulle, notably through numerous books including the successful work “De Gaulle, my father”. His son Yves de Gaulle told AFP that he died overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in the Invalides in central Paris, the French military institution where he had lived for two years. Les armées s’inclinent devant la disparition de l’amiral Philippe de Gaulle. De la fougue du combattant de la France Libre à la finesse de …