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|skills = Knowledge of politics and military tactics
|skills = Knowledge of politics and military tactics
|type of villain = Warlord
|type of villain = Warlord
|goals = Keep France under Nazi control (failed)<br>Help the Nazis (failed)
|goals = Keep France under Nazi control (failed)<br>
|crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>[[Authoritarianism]]<br>Treason<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Antiziganism]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Ableism]]
Help the Nazis (failed)
|crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>[[Authoritarianism]]<br>Treason<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]
|hobby =Helping the Nazis }}{{Quote|My country has been beaten and they are calling me back to make peace and sign an armistice...This is the work of 30 years of Marxism. They're calling me back to take charge of the nation.|Philippe Pétain}}
|hobby =Helping the Nazis }}{{Quote|My country has been beaten and they are calling me back to make peace and sign an armistice...This is the work of 30 years of Marxism. They're calling me back to take charge of the nation.|Philippe Pétain}}
'''Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain''' (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), generally known as '''Philippe Pétain''' (French: [fi.lip pe.tɛ̃]) or '''Marshal Pétain''' (Maréchal Pétain), was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français), from 1940 to 1944. Pétain, who was 84 years old in 1940, ranks as France's oldest head of state.
'''Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain''' (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), generally known as '''Philippe Pétain''' (French: [fi.lip pe.tɛ̃]) or '''Marshal Pétain''' (Maréchal Pétain), was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français), from 1940 to 1944. Pétain, who was 84 years old in 1940, ranks as France's oldest head of state.
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During [[World War I]] Pétain led the French Army to victory at the nine-month-long Battle of Verdun. After the failed Nivelle Offensive and subsequent mutinies he was appointed Commander-in-Chief and succeeded in repairing the army's confidence. Pétain remained in command throughout the war and emerged as a national hero. During the interwar period he was head of the peacetime French Army, commanded joint [[Francisco Franco|Franco]]-Spanish operations during the Rif War and served twice as a government Minister.
During [[World War I]] Pétain led the French Army to victory at the nine-month-long Battle of Verdun. After the failed Nivelle Offensive and subsequent mutinies he was appointed Commander-in-Chief and succeeded in repairing the army's confidence. Pétain remained in command throughout the war and emerged as a national hero. During the interwar period he was head of the peacetime French Army, commanded joint [[Francisco Franco|Franco]]-Spanish operations during the Rif War and served twice as a government Minister.


With the imminent fall of France in June 1940 in [[World War II]], Pétain was appointed President of the Ministerial Council by President Lebrun at Bordeaux, and the Cabinet resolved to sign an armistice agreement with [[Nazi Germany]]. The entire government subsequently moved briefly to Clermont-Ferrand, then to the spa town of Vichy in central France. His government voted to transform the discredited French Third Republic into the French State, an authoritarian regime that collaborated with the [[Axis Powers]], although it refused to declare war on the UK after the attack on Mers-el-Kebir and even remained formally at war with Germany. After Germany and Italy occupied and disarmed France in November 1942, Pétain became a mere puppet of the German military administration.
With the imminent Fall of France in June 1940 in [[World War II]], Pétain was appointed President of the Ministerial Council by President Lebrun at Bordeaux, and the Cabinet resolved to sign an armistice agreement with [[Nazi Germany]]. The entire government subsequently moved briefly to Clermont-Ferrand, then to the spa town of Vichy in central France. His government voted to transform the discredited French Third Republic into the French State, an authoritarian regime that collaborated with the [[Axis Powers]], although it refused to declare war on the UK after the attack on Mers-el-Kebir and even remained formally at war with Germany. After Germany and Italy occupied and disarmed France in November 1942, Pétain became a mere puppet of the German military administration.


After the war, Pétain was tried and convicted for treason. He was originally sentenced to death, but due to his age and World War I service his sentence was commuted to life in prison. He died in 1951. In modern France he is remembered as an ambiguous figure, while "pétainisme" is a derogatory term for certain reactionary policies.
After the war, Pétain was tried and convicted for treason. He was originally sentenced to death, but due to his age and World War I service his sentence was commuted to life in prison. He died in 1951. In modern France he is remembered as an ambiguous figure, while "pétainisme" is a derogatory term for certain reactionary policies.
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