The shadow of Charles de Gaulle looms over France’s past and may in ways as yet unknown color its future. The son of General de Gaulle, Philippe, died Tuesday night at the age of 102. The following morning Philippe’s son, Pierre, wrote on X, “Admiral de Gaulle, my father, passed away last night. Let us salute the memory of a formidable father and a great Frenchman, whose sense of duty was matched only by his elegance and modesty. Vision, honor and simplicity: that is ultimately Gaullism.”