French military and political leader (1856–1951)
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The French general who held Verdun in 1916 and became a national hero spent his final act as head of Vichy France, signing armistice with Nazi Germany and governing a collaborationist state until he was tried for treason at 89.
Philippe Pétain entered Saint-Cyr Military Academy in 1876 and rose slowly through the ranks, reaching colonel by 1914. He commanded the defense at the nine-month Battle of Verdun in World War I, earning the title "the Lion of Verdun" and emerging as Commander-in-Chief after restoring order following the failed Nivelle Offensive and army mutinies. In the interwar years he led the peacetime French Army and served twice as a government minister. On 16 June 1940, at 84, he became Prime Minister as France fell, then signed armistice agreements with Germany and Italy. A vote by the French Parliamen…
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The only wealth you possess is your labour... France will become again what she should never have ceased to be—an essentially agricultural nation.
Neither Germany nor Italy have doubts. Our crisis is not a material crisis. We have lost faith in our destiny...We are like mariners without a pilot.
My country has been beaten and they are calling me back to make peace and sign an armistice...This is the work of 30 years of Marxism.
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