Pétain in a sentence

As the Nazis steamrolled through Europe, the leader of France, Marshal Philippe Pétain, allowed the destruction of his country to unfold.

Laval was executed, while Pétain was sentenced to life in prison.

France, which during the Second World War, under Philippe Pétain, experienced an administrative dictatorship known as the “French State”, has already experienced a political takeover by senior civil servants over the past three decades.

After a change in French command at Verdun from the defensive-minded Philippe Pétain to the offensive-minded Robert Nivelle the French attempted to re-capture Fort Douaumont on 22 May but were easily repulsed.

After the proclamation by Marshal Philippe Pétain of the Vichy France regime, the refugees became political prisoners, and the French police attempted to round up those who had been liberated from the camp.

Although he received a largely positive reception from the crowds who came out to see him, he reflected that only a few months previously the very same people had come out to cheer Marshal Pétain when he was serving the Vichy regime.

Although officially neutral, Marshal Philippe Pétain 's "Vichy regime" collaborated with the Axis from June 1940.

At the beginning of May, General Pétain was promoted to the command of Groupe d'armées du centre main (GAC) and General Robert Nivelle took over the Second Army at Verdun.

By 25 April 1945, during Pétain's trial, Lebrun argued that he thought he would be able to return to power after the fall of Germany, since he had not resigned.

De Gaulle's Appeal of 18 June exhorted the French people not to be demoralized and to continue to resist the occupation of France and work against the Pétain government that was going to sign an armistice with Germany.

De Gaulle would follow Pétain for the next 20 years.

Delpech, Les Eglises et la Persécution raciale, p. 267 In June 1942, Pius XII personally protested against the mass deportations of Jews from France, ordering the papal nuncio to protest to Pétain against "the inhuman arrests and deportations of Jews".

Following the promotion of General Pétain from the Second Army on 1 June and his replacement by General Nivelle, five infantry regiments were affected by episodes of "collective indiscipline".

Forces loyal to Pétain fired on de Gaulle and repulsed the attack after two days of heavy fighting, drawing Vichy France closer to Germany.

Gutman, 1990, p. 1137 Later that year, when asked by French Marshal Philippe Pétain if the Vatican objected to antisemitic laws, Pius responded that the church condemned antisemitism, but would not comment on specific rules.

Pétain had been the leader of French forces at the dramatic Battle of Verdun in World War I, for which he was revered by his contemporaries.

Pétain ordered that no withdrawals were to be made and that counter-attacks were to be conducted, despite exposing French infantry to fire from the German artillery.

Pétain was permitted to keep an "armistice army" of 100,000 men within the unoccupied southern zone.

Philippe Pétain (left) meeting with Hitler in October 1940.

Roosevelt in particular hoped that it would be possible to wean Pétain away from Germany. citation Roosevelt maintained recognition of the Vichy regime until late 1942, and saw de Gaulle as an impudent representative of a minority interest.