Philippe petain quotes about family

Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), generally known as Philippe Pétain, Marshal Pétain (Maréchal Pétain or The Lion of Verdun), was a French general who reached the military distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France(Chef de l'État Français), a collaborationist government established after France was defeated by Nazi Germany during World War II, from 1940 to 1944.

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• Neither Germany nor Italy have doubts. Our crisis is not a material crisis.

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We have lost faith in our destiny...We are like mariners without a pilot.

• Statement (April 1936), quoted in Anthony Adamthwaite, Grandeur and Misery: France's Bid for Power in Europe 1914–1940 (1995), p. 182

• My country has been beaten and they are calling me back to make peace and sign an armistice...This is the work of 30 years of Marxism.

  They're calling me back to take charge of the nation.

  • Remarks to Francisco Franco