Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), better known as Philippe Pétain (French: [filip petɛ̃]) and Marshal Pétain (French: Maréchal Pétain), was a …

Feb 14, 2025 · Philippe Pétain (born April 24, 1856, Cauchy-à-la-Tour, France—died July 23, 1951, Île d’Yeu) was a French general who was a national hero for his victory at the Battle of …

Oct 29, 2009 · Marshal Henri-Philippe Pétain endeared himself to the French nation during World War I. Beginning the war as an obscure fifty-eight-year-old colonel in command of an infantry …

Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain naît le 24 avril 1856 à Cauchy-à-la-Tour, dans une famille de cultivateurs raisonnablement aisée [3], installée dans la commune depuis le XVIII e …

Henri Philippe Pétain was born on 24 April 1856 into a farming family from northern France. He joined the French army in 1876.

Henri-Philippe Pétain. April 24, 1856 Cauchy-a-la-Tour, France July 23, 1951 Port-Joinville, France. Military and political leader. Henri-Philippe Pétain had already lived a full life before …

Pétain came out for an armistice with the now victorious Germans, and as the undisputed victor of Verdun in the last war, the aged marshal was in a uniquely qualified position to do so without …

Philippe Pétain’s story during the First World War is undoubtedly a success story. In France at the end of 1918, he stood as one of the most popular generals alongside Foch. The “victor of …

Henri-Philippe Petain was born in Cauch-a-la-Tour in 1856. He joined the French Army in 1876 and attending the St Cyr Military School and spent many years as an infantry officer and an …

Jan 1, 2024 · LONDON — On July 23, 1945, Marshal Philippe Pétain, the great French hero of World War I, stood trial before a packed Paris courtroom.