On this day, 81 years ago, on April 9, 1944 (March 17, 1944 in the lunar calendar), Charles de Gaulle became commander-in-chief of the French army. Charles de Gaulle (left) meets French General Giraud in Casablanca on the eve of the North African landings (1943.1) On April 9, 1944, in Algiers, General Charles de Gaulle was appointed commander-in-chief of the Free French Army. However, just as the Allies were about to send troops to Western Europe, a dispute arose within the army, which was very detrimental to organizing the French military leaders. De Gaulle took up a new position, replacing General Henri Honor Girraud, who had held the position since 1942. Giro claimed that it would be illegal to remove him and scoffed at his new title of prosecutor general. Since June last year, Charles de Gaulle and Giraud have been co-chairmen of the National Liberation Council in Algiers. However, their cooperation was not smooth. De Gaulle was convinced that Giraud was too conservative. De Gaulle also had his own thoughts on the future of France. The United States and Britain seem to have some doubts about Charles de Gaulle. They were also concerned about his ability to organize and arm the French resistance. Earlier this year, Churchill asked him: "Can you guarantee that the resistance will obey Eisenhower? Can you guarantee that they won't point their newly acquired weapons at each other? The Allies also did not believe how important the resistance would be to the upcoming troop operation, so they did not give him much power in formulating plans. As mentioned above, the general responsible for sending troops to France was an American and his aides were British.