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A 5 page overview of the career of Henri Phillipe Petain. While some remember Petain only as an anti-Semitic German collaborator, he can be considered a French patriot. The author of this paper emphasizes that Petain’s career was already noteworthy prior to his Fascist-like actions in World War II and even these actions could be credited to Petain’s belief that they were in the best interest of his country as a whole. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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French patriot and as one who collaborated with the Germans in World War II in spite of the negative influence of that collaboration on the French quest for freedom from
German occupation. His Fascist-oriented government was associated with a number of blights on French history. Indeed, Petain is perhaps best remembered not for his heroism at the Battle of
Verdun in World War I defending France against the Germans but for his part in the deployment of tens upon thousands of French, Spanish, and Eastern European Jews to German
concentration camps in World War II (Kitson, 2002). This would indeed appear to be a negative blight on Petains career. It can be contended, however, that despite his
apparent collaboration with the Germans, Petain can still be considered a French patriot. He was simply caught up in the circumstances of the time.
Despite French wishes to the contrary, Germany had occupied France and what was left for Petain was to deal with that occupation in the manner which
was best for his country. It can be contended, in fact, that Petains collaboration with the Germans in World War II allowed him to keep French troops from fighting
alongside the Nazis. The alliance of the French troops was indeed a matter of speculation. Indeed, the British attacked the French fleet at Taranto while they were laying
in port because of the uncertainty which existed as to which side they would ultimately support (Sulzberger, 1966). The precarious position held by France was not new. Crane
(2002, PG) reports that in an attack on the Western Front Petain and his troops were so distressed that:
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