Petain

At first he said to me, "I don't acknowledge that Government because anybody can sign 'Petain' to a wire or a radio report and I am not going to believe that."

Indo-China and the Japanese 1941

Shirer witnessed Parisians' bewildered outrage when, in June 1940, news spread that Marshal Petain himself would ask the Germans for an armistice, and Shirer broadcast live from just outside the famous railroad car in Compiègne where, a few days later, the French signed away their country.

A Talent for Being There Barton Swaim 2011

This is great news in a nation that managed to live in quasi-autarky, politically and intellectually, for 26 years, first under François Mitterrand, a high-official decorated by Petain who managed to persuade the

Felix Marquardt: Le Comeback: How France & the French Model Might Be More Relevant Than Expected in the 21st Century Felix Marquardt 2011

This is great news in a nation that managed to live in quasi-autarky, politically and intellectually, for 26 years, first under François Mitterrand, a high-official decorated by Petain who managed to persuade the

Felix Marquardt: Le Comeback: How France & the French Model Might Be More Relevant Than Expected in the 21st Century Felix Marquardt 2011

Chirac will be the first French former head of state to go on trial since France's Nazi-era leader, Marshal Petain, was exiled for treason.

Chirac Trial Postponed Until June 2011

The judgment makes him the first former French head of state to be found guilty since Vichy leader Marshal Philippe Petain was convicted in 1945 of collaboration with the Nazis.

Lucy Mangan's pick of the week: The story, the stat, the quote, the tweet 2011

This is great news in a nation that managed to live in quasi-autarky, politically and intellectually, for 26 years, first under François Mitterrand, a high-official decorated by Petain who managed to persuade the

Felix Marquardt: Le Comeback: How France & the French Model Might Be More Relevant Than Expected in the 21st Century Felix Marquardt 2011

And Abbas is viewed by many, not without reason, as Petain.

Discourse.net: The Moral High Ground 2009

Petain was a supreme pragmatist, but it didn't really help him or his country in the end.

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

He resigned both positions in November 1941 after talks with Henri-Philippe Petain, due to German suspicions of his true allegiance to Vichy France.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008