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	Henri-Philippe Petain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Petain became convinced that the increased fire-power of modern weapons strongly favoured the defensive.
		Afterwards Petain was praised for his artillery-based defensive operations and his organisation of manpower resources.
		This was a popular choice as Petain, unlike Nivelle, had a reputation for having a deep concern for the lives of his soldiers.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWpetain.htm (1250 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Henri-Philippe Petain
		Petain's successor in direct command of the defence, Robert Nivelle, took much of the credit for the successful French counterattacks that regained much of the lost ground later that year, and was promoted beyond Petain to replace Joffre in December 1916.
		Petain restored the fighting capacity of the French forces by improving living conditions for soldiers at the front, and by restricting himself to defensive operations.
		Petain established a Fascist-oriented government that became notorious for its collaboration with the Third Reich.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/petain.htm (544 words)

	AllRefer.com - Henri Philippe PEtain (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In World War II, when France was on the brink of collapse, Premier Paul Reynaud recalled (May, 1940) PEtain from Spain and made him vice premier in an effort to bolster French morale with the name of the hero of Verdun.
		PEtain urged that France sue for an armistice, and on June 16 he succeeded Reynaud as premier.
		PEtain sought to improve the lot of France and of French prisoners of war by collaborating "honorably" with Germany, but his popularity decreased as he yielded to harsh German demands and obtained little in return.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Petain-H.html (485 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		HENRI PHILIPPE PETAIN, (1856-1951), French general who was honored as a national hero for his defense of Verdun during World War I but who was convicted after World War II of dealings with the enemy while head of the collaborationist Vichy regime.
		Petain ordered the execution of 27 mutineers, but he also responded to the soldiers' grievances by improving their living conditions.
		In fact, Petain persistently sought to trade his government's cooperation with Germany for a nonpunitive peace, the maintenance of the French empire, and an important role for a regenerated France in the new order that he believed would be established after Germany's victory over Britain.
	gi.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_petain.html (793 words)

	Biography of le Marechal
		By improving the living conditions of the soldiers at the front and restricting the French Army to defensive operations, Petain gradually improved the morale of his troops.
		Petain fed to Switzerland after the Normandy landings but when he returned in April, 1945, he was arrested and charged with treason.
		Petain was found guilty of and sentenced to death for aiding the German enemy.
	members.tripod.com /justice_pour_petain/id7.html (301 words)

	The World at War - Petain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Henri Pétain was a military and political leader and France´s greatest hero in World War I (1914-1918).
		He was later condemned as a traitor for having headed the pro-German Vichy regime after France's defeat in World War II (1939-1945).
		The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and he was moved to Ile d'Yeu, an island off the coast of Brittany, where he died.
	worldatwar.net /biography/p/petain (372 words)

	Wikinfo \| Vichy France
		The French leaders considered retreating to French territories in North Africa but the vice-premier, Henri Philippe Pétain, and the commander-in-chief, General Maxime Weygand insisted that the government should both remain in France and seek an armistice with the Germans.
		Petain was given the power to rewrite a new Constitution, this was never done.
		Petain's vice-presidents were Pierre Laval and Jean-François Darlan.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Vichy_France (871 words)

	Marshal Henri Philippe Omer Petain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		After Foch the most honoured French soldier of the Great War was Petain for his defense of Verdun in 1916.
		Petain was acting as ambassador to Spain in 1940 when he was recalled by Reynaud to act as Vice-President of the Council (Deputy Prime Minister).
		De Gaulle, who had served in Petain's regiment at the outbreak of World War I, commuted the sentence to life imprisonment and he died on the remote Atlantic Ile d'Yeu at the age of 95.
	expage.com /page/wwiigen61 (284 words)

	World War I - Heroes and War Leaders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He was replaced by Henri-Philippe Petain in May 1917 and spent the rest of his career in North Africa.
		After the war he was highly critical of the Treaty of Versallies, and became the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army in 1921.
		Petain cared more for the lives of his soldiers and improved their living conditions, unlike Nivelle.
	techcenter.davidson.k12.nc.us /Group9/leaders.htm (996 words)

	Vichy France
		The Vichy government was the regime set up in France by Marshal Henri Pétain in July, 1940, subsequent to the Franco-German armistice of June 22.
		This was opposed by his vice-premier, Henri-Philippe Petain, and the supreme commander of the armed forces, General Maxime Weygand.
		Petain fled to Switzerland after the Normandy landings but when he returned in April, 1945, he was arrested and charged with treason.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-enemy/vichy.htm (3781 words)

	Vichy and Free France
		Two politically conservative men dominate this time period in French history Henri Petain, who was President of the Vichy Government, and Charles de Gaulle who led the Fighting French back into the war and into Paris in August 1944.
		Petain was viewed as a veritable national savior.
		After the war Henri Petain was sentenced to death for his collaboration with the Germans during the war.
	www.pvhs.chico.k12.ca.us /~bsilva/projects/france/vichy/default.htm (1939 words)

	BBC - History - Philippe Pétain (1856 - 1951) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Petain was a national hero in France for his role in World War One, but was later discredited as head of the French collaborationist government at Vichy in World War Two.
		Henri Philippe Pétain was born on 24 April 1856 into a farming family from northern France.
		After a number of World War One commands, in 1916 Pétain was ordered to stop the massive German attack on the city of Verdun.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/petain_philippe.shtml (390 words)

	Philippe Petain
		French general and politician Henri Philippe Omer Petain graduated from the French Military Academy at St. Cyr in 1878.
		After the French defeat, Petain, then 84 years old, succeeded Paul Reynauld as head of the French government.
		Following the defeat of Germany, Petain was tried for treason and sentenced to death in 1945.
	www.multied.com /Bio/people/Petain.html (154 words)

	The Leaders of The Vichy Government
		On 1916 Petain was charged with stopping the German attack on the city of Verdun.
		Petain was named Vice Premier on June 16th.
		Pierre Laval and Henri Petain have started working together to keep control of occupied France.
	library.thinkquest.org /CR0212881/leadpg.html (135 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Second Battle of the Aisne, 1917
		Whilst Prime Minister Briand's support effectively sanctioned the plan, it led to the resignation of war minister Hubert Lyautey.
		The British Commander-in-Chief, Sir Douglas Haig, expressed his opposition, as did Nivelle's successor as Commander-in-Chief, Henri-Philippe Petain.
		Petain was only able to restore order within the French Army by improving trench conditions and, more importantly, by refraining from committing his forces to offensive operations.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/aisne2.htm (608 words)

	The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk \| Introduction
		Leader of the collaborationist Vichy regime in France; the aged Petain, a former World War I hero here reduced to a lackey of the Nazis, holds a ledger book representing the French steel industry, a large part of which was confiscated by Nazi Germany when it incorporated parts of France into the Reich.
		He replaced the dog Nipper with the subservient figure of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the World War I army hero turned French collaborator.
		Marshal Henri Philippe Petain (second from left), head of the Vichy government, with Nazi leader Hermann Goering (fourth from left) and his entourage.
	www.ushmm.org /museum/exhibit/online/szyk/intro/petain.htm (170 words)

	American Politics Journal -- Federalists Win, America Loses
		Henri Petain was himself a War Hero who sold out his country for personal and political gain.
		Petain was even installed as the puppet figurehead of Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
		Petain's former War Hero status did not save him from the consequences of his treachery.
	www.americanpolitics.com /20000602BakerMcCainProstitute.html (424 words)

	TIME.com: 25 Years After Verdun -- Feb. 17, 1941 -- Page 1
		France of 1916 was fighting for dominance of Europe; 1941 France is fighting for its life as a nation.
		But Henri Philippe Pétain stood in the same position: squarely in the path of Germany's ambition.
		And last week Chief of State Henri Philippe Pétain felt strong enough to stand against the Germans again as he had done 25 years ago at Verdun.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,850992,00.html (746 words)

	Swans Commentary: Singin' The Blues With Vichy On My Mind, by Richard Macintosh - rmac29
		The Nazi's found a former French hero, Henri Pétain, to run a sham government for them centered in Vichy.
		No, we are not Nazis -- not yet -- but there is a whiff of fascism in the air.
		Henry Wallace, Vice President of the United States during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidency put it this way:
	www.swans.com /library/art10/rmac29.html (1675 words)

	Film from the War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The endless fighting, insufficient leave, poor recreational facilities, agitation and despair on the home front, German propaganda, and the virus of the Russian Revolution helped provoke the largest mutiny within a great army in modern history.
		Henri Petain personally visited nearly 90 divisions in his first month as new commander of the French troops, listening to the complaints of the men.
		Because the French army needed rest and recuperation, Petain told the British that they would have to shoulder the main burden on the Western Front until American forces arrived.
	www.english.emory.edu /LostPoets/B37.html (377 words)

	Vichy France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On November 10, Darlan had sent orders to all French commanders to cease fighting.
		Petain, in Vichy, immediately disavowed the act and declared Darlan dismissed.
		Darlan then tried to rescind the order, but this dark would not allow.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWvichy.htm (1840 words)

	Jews in France Table of Contents
		Hitler’s Letter to Marshal Petain Announcing Decision to Occupy Toulon
		Marshal Petain's Speech to the French People in Vichy
		Petain's Reply to Roosevelt's Note of November 8, 1942
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Holocaust/francetoc.html (172 words)

	History - French Guiana - South America: henri petain, charles gaulle, guiana history, department france, america french
		History - French Guiana - South America: henri petain, charles gaulle, guiana history, department france, america french
		After the fall of France in World War II (June 1940), the local administration of the territory, despite strong popular sentiment in favor of the Free French movement under General Charles de Gaulle, proclaimed its allegiance to the pro-German Vichy regime of Marshal Henri Petain.
		In the late 1970s the Plan Vert, or Green Plan, was implemented to improve production of agricultural and forestry products.
	www.countriesquest.com /south_america/french_guiana/history.htm (275 words)

	hss_mahler_politics_4\|The French Political System\|Destinations
		This site has data about administrative divisions, executive, legislative and judicial branches, and political parties.
		This site contains a biography of the military hero, Henri Petain, who was head of the collaborationist Vichy regime.
		This site offers a chronology of the European Union beginning in 1950 and is differentiated by institutional category.
	wps.prenhall.com /hss_mahler_politics_4/0,7102,550582-,00.html (163 words)

	France
		- Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain, Premier of France and later Chief of State at Vichy France (on a radio broadcast before he signed the armistice between France and Germany)
		Consequently, the French Government will support, within the limits of its ability, the measures which the Axis Powers may take to this end."
		- Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain, Chief of State of Vichy France
	www.angelfire.com /la/raeder/France.html (414 words)

	Henri Duparc (II) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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