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Hace 1 día · Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), commonly known as Philippe Pétain ( / peɪˈtæ̃ /, French: [filip petɛ̃]) or Marshal Pétain (French: Maréchal Pétain ), was a French general who commanded the French Army in World War I and became the head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944, dur...
Hace 4 días · Charles de Gaulle was undersecretary of state for defense and war when Marshal Philippe Pétain took over the government of France with the intention of signing an armistice with Adolf Hitler. De Gaulle left for London, where, on June 18, 1940, he broadcast an appeal to his countrymen to continue to fight under his leadership.
Hace 1 día · The regiment was now commanded by Colonel (and future Marshal) Philippe Pétain, whom de Gaulle would follow for the next 15 years. He later wrote in his memoirs: "My first colonel, Pétain, taught me the art of command".
Hace 1 día · He was succeeded by a patriarchal figure: 84-year-old World War I veteran Maréchal Philippe Pétain. On 16 June, the new French President of the council, Philippe Pétain (the President of the Republic office was vacant 11 July 1940 – 16 January 1947), began to negotiate with Axis officials.
Hace 2 días · Much like John Gooch’s characterisation of Luigi Cadorna in his book on the Italian Army of the same series (also reviewed by this author), Greenhalgh draws a certain degree of attention to, and insight from, the experience of the well-known figures of Joseph Joffre, Philippe Pétain and Ferdinand Foch.
9 de sept. de 2019 · The book – in Dutch “1942, Het jaar van de stilte” or “1942, The year of silence” – refers to the year when Belgian authorities kept silent about the Nazi persecutions of Jewish people, and when some on the local level collaborated willingly with the occupation force. The book is a stark reminder of the Nazi-German occupation of ...
Hace 6 días · Philippe Petain made a name for himself as a military hero during World War I when he led the French army at the Battle of Verdun. But in June 1940 he was recommended to fill the position of Prime Minister, and, in taking the job, put himself in the position of ruling Vichy France as a Nazi puppet at the age of 84.
