Assassination Attempt on de Gaulle

Date: August 22, 1962 • Location: Bièvres, France

An assassination attempt orchestrated by the OAS takes place against Charles de Gaulle, although he is uninjured.

The Petit-Clamart attack, also referred to by its perpetrators as Operation Charlotte Corday after assassin Charlotte Corday, was an assassination attempt organized by Lieutenant-Colonel Jean Bastien-Thiry with the Organisation armée secrète (OAS) that aimed to kill Charles de Gaulle, president of France at the time. The attack was carried out on 22 August 1962.