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|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. | ||