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Philippe Pétain
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Philippe Pétain

Politician · born April 24, 1856 · died 1951

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Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain, better known as Marshal Pétain, was a French military officer 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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  1. 62Named Marshal of FranceNovember 21, 1918
  2. ~64Became vice president1920

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