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Position:Home>History> What is your opinion on my grandpa's hero, Marshal Philippe Pétain?Question: What is your opinion on my grandpa's hero, Marshal Philippe Pétain!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Pétain was nearly as bad a butcher as his colleagues during WWI!.!.!. his one right point was the insistence on accurate strikes rather than mass attacks (whether for infantry attacks or artillery strikes)!. As for his role during WWII !.!.!. he likely was completely senile and unable to even attempt the task of governing the country, let alone in such troubled time!. I prefer that hypothesis to the one according to which he was a traitor plain and simple!.Www@QuestionHome@Com In modern France, he is generally considered a traitor, and pétainisme is a derogatory term for certain reactionary policies!. Due to his treason conviction, some historians now only refer to him by his name Philippe Pétain, without his military rank!. He died in prison in 1951, at the age of 95, and is buried there!.Www@QuestionHome@Com He was a collaborator with the Nazis and responsible for helping them to deport thousands of FrenchmenWww@QuestionHome@Com good during ww1 but should not have associated himself with the vichy french during ww2 he was too old to know betterWww@QuestionHome@Com Wow!. I'm actually speechless!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |