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Philippe Pétain
April 24, 1856 – July 23, 1951
French general and dictator (1856–1951)
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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 collaborationist regime of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II.
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- Birthday · April 24
- Anniversary · July 23
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