<span>"In international affairs President De Gaulle asserted France's independence of all outside control, calling for policies that would make France and Europe independent of the two superpowers, the United States and the USSR. He refused to admit Britain into his European scheme and blocked Britain's effort to join the European Economic Community (Common Market). In 1960, France showed its strength by successfully exploding its first atomic bomb."</span>
He gave the French<span> hope after the rest of the government gave in to the Nazis. "In international affairs President </span>de Gaulle<span> asserted </span>France's<span> independence of all outside control, calling for policies that would make </span>France<span> and Europe independent of the two superpowers, the United States and the USSR.
