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ARTICLES RELATED TO Philippe Pétain - World War II and Vichy France | | | |  Philippe Pétain - World War II and Vichy France: Encyclopedia II - Philippe Pétain - World War II and Vichy FranceIn the spring of 1940, France was invaded by Nazi Germany. After the French defeat, Marshal Pétain was appointed Prime Minister of France and granted extraordinary powers. The constitutionality of these actions was later challenged by de Gaulle's government, but at the time Pétain was widely accepted as France's saviour. On June 22 he signed an armistice with Germany that gave the Nazis control over the north and west of the country, including Paris, but left the rest under a separate regime, including about two-fifths of France ...
See also:Philippe Pétain, Philippe Pétain - Early life, Philippe Pétain - World War I, Philippe Pétain - Between the wars, Philippe Pétain - World War II and Vichy France, Philippe Pétain - Post-war trial and legacy, Philippe Pétain - Lists of the successive Pétain governments until 1942, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's First Government 16 June - 12 July 1940, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Second Government 12 July - 6 September 1940, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Third Government 6 September 1940 - 25 February 1941, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Fourth Ministry 25 February - 12 August 1941, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Fifth Government 12 August 1941 - 18 April 1942 Read more here: » Philippe Pétain: Encyclopedia II - Philippe Pétain - World War II and Vichy France |
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Philippe Pétain - Pétain's First Government 16 June - 12 July 1940.
Philippe Pétain - President of the Council
Camille Chautemps - Vice President of the Council
Paul Baudoin - Minister of Foreign Affairs
Maxime Weygand - Minister of National Defense
Louis Colson - Minister of War
Charles Pomaret - Minister of the Interior
Yves Bouthillier - Minister of Finance and Commerce
André Février - Minister of Labour
Charles Frémicourt - Mi ...
See also:Philippe Pétain, Philippe Pétain - Early life, Philippe Pétain - World War I, Philippe Pétain - Between the wars, Philippe Pétain - World War II and Vichy France, Philippe Pétain - Post-war trial and legacy, Philippe Pétain - Lists of the successive Pétain governments until 1942, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's First Government 16 June - 12 July 1940, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Second Government 12 July - 6 September 1940, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Third Government 6 September 1940 - 25 February 1941, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Fourth Ministry 25 February - 12 August 1941, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Fifth Government 12 August 1941 - 18 April 1942 Read more here: » Philippe Pétain: Encyclopedia II - Philippe Pétain - Lists of the successive Pétain governments until 1942 |
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| | | | Philippe Pétain - World War II and Vichy France: Encyclopedia II - Philippe Pétain - Post-war trial and legacy In April 1945, Pétain was returned to France, where he was tried for collaboration (or treason), convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad in July-August 1945. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Charles de Gaulle on August 17, 1945, on the grounds of his old age. He died in prison on Île d'Yeu, an island off the coast of Brittany, in 1951.
Nowadays, in France, the word pétainisme suggests an authoritarian and reactionary ideology, driven by the nostalgia of a rural, agricultural, traditionalist, ...
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| | | | Philippe Pétain - World War II and Vichy France: Encyclopedia II - Philippe Pétain - World War I Pétain was a distinguished veteran of World War I and was hailed as a French hero. He was commanding the French forces at the start of the Battle of Verdun. The famous quotation
"Ils ne passeront pas !" (They shall not pass!)
is often attributed to him, though it is actually from Robert Nivelle, who was one of his chief assistants at that time.
Due to his remarkable ability and high prestige, Pétain rose to be Commander-in-Chief of the French army during World War I, after the failed Nivelle Offensive and t ...
See also:Philippe Pétain, Philippe Pétain - Early life, Philippe Pétain - World War I, Philippe Pétain - Between the wars, Philippe Pétain - World War II and Vichy France, Philippe Pétain - Post-war trial and legacy, Philippe Pétain - Lists of the successive Pétain governments until 1942, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's First Government 16 June - 12 July 1940, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Second Government 12 July - 6 September 1940, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Third Government 6 September 1940 - 25 February 1941, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Fourth Ministry 25 February - 12 August 1941, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Fifth Government 12 August 1941 - 18 April 1942 Read more here: » Philippe Pétain: Encyclopedia II - Philippe Pétain - World War I |
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