Philippe Pétain
1856 to 1951
6 documented presences
5 places
Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Philippe Pétain across 5 places, from 1856 to 1951. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), better known as Marshal Pétain, was a French military officer who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Philippe Pétain was documented, and when
24 April 1856exact date
Cauchy-à-la-Tourattested
“Pétain was born into a peasant family in Cauchy-à-la-Tour, in the Pas-de-Calais department, northern France, on 24 April 1856.”
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24 April 1856exact date
Pas-de-Calaisattested
“Pétain was born into a peasant family in Cauchy-à-la-Tour, in the Pas-de-Calais department, northern France, on 24 April 1856.”
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25 June 1911exact date
Arrasattested
“As colonel, he was given command of the 33rd Infantry Regiment at Arras on 25 June 1911; a young lieutenant, Charles de Gaulle, who served under him, later wrote that his "first colonel, Pétain, taught (him) the Art of Command".”
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1916year
Parisattested
“At the opening of the Battle of Verdun in 1916 Pétain is said to have been fetched during the night from a Paris hotel by a staff officer who knew that he could be found with Eugénie Hardon.”
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29 October 1944exact date
Franceattested
“In a note dated 29 October 1944, Pétain forbade de Brinon to use the Marshal's name in any connection with this new government, and on 5 April 1945, Pétain wrote a note to Hitler expressing his wish to return to France.”
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8 June 1951exact date
Parisattested
“On 8 June 1951, President Vincent Auriol, informed that Pétain did not have much longer to live, commuted his sentence to confinement in hospital; the news was kept secret until after the elections on 17 June, but by then, Pétain was too…”
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Places Philippe Pétain is documented in
Paris2 presences · 1916 to 1951Arras1 presence · 1911France1 presence · 1944
Cauchy-à-la-Tour1 presence · 1856
Pas-de-Calais1 presence · 1856
Other places tied to Philippe Pétain in the record
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1870 to 1914period
Bordeauxmentioned
“The government moved to Bordeaux on 14 June, where French governments had fled German invasions in 1870 due to the Franco-Prussian War and in 1914 due to World War I.”
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1875year
Arcueilmentioned
“In 1875, with the intention of preparing for the Saint-Cyr Military Academy, Pétain enrolled in the Dominican college of Albert le Grand in Arcueil.”
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29 August 1914exact date
Battle of Guisementioned
“Pétain led his brigade at the Battle of Guise (29 August 1914).”
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July 1915month
Second Battle of Champagnementioned
“After leading his corps in the spring 1915 Artois Offensive, in July 1915 he was given command of the Second Army, which he led in the Champagne Offensive that autumn.”
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1917year
Nivelle Offensivementioned
“Gilbert and Bernard find multiple causes: The immediate cause was the extreme optimism and subsequent disappointment at the Nivelle offensive in the spring of 1917.”
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1917year
Nivellementioned
“Gilbert and Bernard find multiple causes: The immediate cause was the extreme optimism and subsequent disappointment at the Nivelle offensive in the spring of 1917.”
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March 1918month
Operation Michaelmentioned
“The first of these, Operation Michael in March 1918, threatened to split the British and French forces apart, and, after Pétain had threatened to retreat on Paris, the Doullens Conference was called.”
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March 1918month
Parismentioned
“Churchill then said the French should defend Paris and reminded Pétain of how he had come to the aid of the British with forty divisions in March 1918, and repeated Clemenceau's words: I will fight in front of Paris, in Paris, and behind…”
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8 December 1918exact date
Metzmentioned
“Pétain ended the war regarded "without a doubt, the most accomplished defensive tactician of any army" and "one of France's greatest military heroes" and was presented with his baton of Marshal of France at a public ceremony at Metz by P…”
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3 September 1925exact date
Moroccomentioned
“On 3 September 1925, Pétain was appointed sole Commander-in-Chief of French Forces in Morocco to launch a major campaign against the Rif tribes, in concert with the Spanish Army, which was successfully concluded by the end of October.”
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1934year
Tidworth Campmentioned
“Weygand had been at the British Army 1934 manoeuvres at Tidworth Camp in June and was appalled by what he had seen.”
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6 February 1934exact date
National Assembly of Francementioned
“Political unease was sweeping the country and, on 6 February 1934, the Paris police fired on a group of far-right rioters outside the Chamber of Deputies, killing 14 and wounding a further 236.”
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6 October 1934exact date
Belgradementioned
“Pétain accompanied President Lebrun to Belgrade for the funeral of King Alexander, who had been assassinated on 6 October 1934 in Marseille by Vlado Chernozemski, a Bulgarian nationalist from IMRO.”
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6 October 1934exact date
Marseillementioned
“Pétain accompanied President Lebrun to Belgrade for the funeral of King Alexander, who had been assassinated on 6 October 1934 in Marseille by Vlado Chernozemski, a Bulgarian nationalist from IMRO.”
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May 1935month
1938year
1938year
1939year
17 June 1940exact date
24 October 1940exact date
January 1941month
1944year
20 August 1944exact date
8 September 1944exact date
Documented at the same place, the same year
Benoit MandelbrotFrance · 1944David NivenFrance · 1944Glenn MillerFrance · 1944Sergey Prokudin-GorskyFrance · 1944Algirdas Julien GreimasFrance · 1944Jacques HadamardFrance · 1944Raoul HausmannFrance · 1944Lothar-Günther BuchheimFrance · 1944Jean-Pierre RampalFrance · 1944André GideParis · 1951Jacques LacanParis · 1951Karlheinz StockhausenParis · 1951
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