Pétain, such a popular hero
Pétain, such a popular hero

Pétain, such a popular hero

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2010•90 min•DocumentaryWarHistoryTV Movie
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Jacques Gamblin
Jacques Gamblin
Narrator (voice)
Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Laval
Pierre Laval
Self (archive footage)
Léon Blum
Léon Blum
Self (archive footage)
On October 24, 1940, Philippe Pétain met Adolf Hitler in Montoire and led the French into collaboration with the Nazis. A black page in the history of France, written by a man whom many then considered a hero: the winner of Verdun.
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