Philippe Pétain

Born

April 24, 1856

Died

July 23, 1951 (aged 95)

Known as

politician, diplomat, military officer, military personnel, marshal

Henri Philippe Benoni Omar Joseph Pétain, also known as Marshal Pétain, was a French military officer, dictator, and politician who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the Axis-collaborationist regime of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II.

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