Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain (1856-1951) was a French General who served as leader of Vichy France between 1940 and 1944.
Philippe Petain | |
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 Pétain in 1941 | |
| President of France | |
| In office 1940-1944/1946 with Charles de Gaulle | |
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| Born | 24 April 1856 Cauchy-à-la-Tour, Pas-de-Calais, Second French Empire |
| Died | 23 July 1951 (aged 95) Port-Joinville, Vendée, France |
During World War I Pétain was the hero of the Battle of Verdun and led the French Army until the end of the war in 1918.
In 1940 during the Battle of France the French government asked him to govern the country. He surrendered to the Germans. From 1940 to late 1942, Vichy France was a client state of Nazi Germany. In November 1942 Pétain became a puppet of Nazi Germany as they fully occupied and disarmed Vichy France.
After the war, Pétain was tried and convicted for treason. He was originally sentenced to death, but due to his age and World War I service his sentence was commuted to life in prison. He died in 1951.
Philippe Pétain Media
Photographie de Philippe Pétain publiée dans l'article « Le maréchal Pétain. L'organisateur de la victoire » (L'Illustration, 1918). La légende de la photographie présente l'officier comme « Le lieutenant de chasseurs à pied Pétain » [1]. La photo est reproduite dans le cahier d'illustrations hors texte de l'ouvrage de Bénédicte Vergez-Chaignon, Pétain, Paris, Perrin, 2014 (
Pétain in 1915. Autochrome portrait by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont
Uniforms of Marshal of France (Pétain, Foch, Joffre) at Les Invalides.
1926 painting of Maréchal Pétain
Philippe Pétain , dans son bureau de vice-président du Conseil en mai 1940
Pétain meeting Hitler at Montoire on 24 October 1940; Joachim von Ribbentrop on the right, Hitler's interpreter, Paul Schmidt, in the centre.
The personal emblem of Philippe Pétain was a stylised labrys, which was featured on an order of merit and was used as Vichy France's informal emblem.
Personal Standard of Philippe Pétain, including the baton and seven stars of a Marshal of France
Pétain and his final meeting with the departing American ambassador William D. Leahy, 1942
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