Philippe Pétain

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title: Philippe Pétain
text: Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain, better known as Philippe Pétain and Marshal Pétain, was a French general who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II. Pétain was admitted to the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in 1876 and pursued a career in the military, achieving the rank of colonel by the outbreak of World War I. He led the French Army to victory at the nine-month-long Battle
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description: French military officer (1856–1951)
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_P%C3%A9tain
date created: 2002-07-30T13:14:30Z
date modified: 2024-09-06T03:00:59Z
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