Philippe Pétain

Acting

Born: 1856-04-24 · Cauchy-à-la-Tour, Pas-de-Calais, France

Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), better known as Philippe Pétain and Marshal Pétain (French: Maréchal Pétain), was a French general who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France, from 1940…