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To: strongbow

That would be Petain. He was hanged for collaboration with the Nazis.


6 posted on 02/21/2016 7:51:08 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Philippe Petain was sentenced to death for treason, but the sentence was later commuted to life in prison. He died in 1951 while still a prisoner.


7 posted on 02/21/2016 8:01:59 PM PST by abishai
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To: 17th Miss Regt

That would be Petain. He was hanged for collaboration with the Nazis.
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Philippe Petain, the Lion of Verdun, was sentenced t)o death for collaboration with the Nazis (Head of the Vichy Government ) , however his sentence was commuted to life in prison. He died in 1951.


15 posted on 02/21/2016 10:11:52 PM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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