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Marshal Petain: What To Do With A Disgraced Hero – July 23, 1951
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The trial of Philippe Pétain, head of the French state during the German occupation, was opened on 23 July 1945 before the Paris High Court of Justice. During three weeks, nearly 70 politicians, military officers, lawyers followed each other in front of a silent and convicted Marshal Pétain. The historian Julian Jackson returns for TF1info on this crucial moment in the history of France. - "A national catharsis": 80 years ago began the trial of …
Marshal Petain: What To Do With A Disgraced Hero – July 23, 1951
https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/23104833/news-for-july-23-1951-1.mp3 – Don Hollenbeck And the News – CBS Radio – July 23, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With news for this July 23rd in 1951 focused on President Truman‘s upbeat assessment of the country mid-way through 1951 and cautious reports on negotiations in Korea toward an armistice, news regarding the rest of the world brought a faint remembrance of thin…
Eighty years ago, France put its hero and collaborator on trial. Marshal Philippe Pétain, hailed as the savior of Verdun during World War I, stood trial in 1945 for collaborating with the Third Reich as leader of the Vichy regime. His trial, however, was not a reckoning for the entire system, but—as François Mauriac wrote—"the trial of one man," who symbolized the moral drama of all of Europe. The article "Who was Philippe Pétain?" comes from th…
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