 Furthermore, Roosevelt, the then-leader of the US, along with other high-ranking officials, was suspicious of Charles de Gaulle, the self-proclaimed leader of the Free French and thus hesitant to collaborate with him due to his Napoleonic traits.France was hurt and humiliated by this exclusion especially considering its important role in establishing the League of Nations after WWI.Whilst France wasn’t invited to forums such as Dumbarton Oaks Conference in 1944 (where China, USSR, USA and UK deliberated over proposals for the functioning of what was to become the UN to present to the other 26 nations), and never formally consulted, they were nonetheless aware such planning was taking place.