Vintage photo of Marshal Philippe Petain attending a ceremony with his spouse, Eugénie Hardon Pétain, and a girl, 1962.


Size of photo 7.2" x 9.5"
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Id: 554372

Marshal Philippe Petain attending a ceremony with his spouse, Eugénie Hardon Pétain, and a girl, 1962.Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), generally known as Philippe Pétain, Marshal Pétain, or The Lion of Verdun, was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944. Pétain, who was 84 years old in 1940, ranks as France's oldest head of state. Because of his outstanding military leadership in World War I, particularly during the Battle of Verdun, Pétain was viewed as a national hero in France. During World War II, with the imminent fall of France in June 1940, Pétain was appointed Premier of France by President Lebrun at Bordeaux, and the Cabinet resolved to make peace with Germany. The entire government subsequently moved briefly to Clermont-Ferrand, then to the spa town of Vichy in central France. His government voted to transform the discredited French Third Republic into the French State, an authoritarian regime. After the war, Pétain was tried and convicted for treason. Originally sentenced to death, his sentence was commuted to life in prison.Annie Pétain, born Alphonsine Berthe Eugénie Hardon on October 5, 1877 at Courquetaine (Seine-et-Marne), died January 30, 1962 in Paris (7th arrondissement), is the wife of Marshal Petain from 1920 to 1951, date of death of the last. Of all the women that the marshal was known in his love life, Annie is the only Petain he épousée.Photo taken: 5 February 1962



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