The École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, often referred to as Saint-Cyr, is a French military academy. It is located in Coëtquidan in Guer, Morbihan, Brittany. French cadet officers are called saint
Lycée militaire de Saint-Cyr, seat of the Academy from 1808 to 1940, now in Camp Coëtquidan.
Dormitory "Sébastopol" at Saint-Cyr, photographed by Jules David in 1886
A colonel, supervisor of the Cadets' studies, during the Bastille Day Military Parade.
The Color guard of Saint-Cyr.
Philippe Pétain
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Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain, 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 Axis-collaboration
École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
…Ettore Perrone di San Martino (1789–1849): class of 1806 Philippe Pétain (1856–1951): Marshal of France Peter I of Serbia (1844–1921): King of Serbia (1903–1918); King of Yugoslavia (1918–1921): class of 1862…
Pétain in 1941
Pétain in the 1880s
Pétain in 1915. Autochrome portrait by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont
Pétain, Haig, Foch and Pershing in 1918