Albert Lebrun
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Albert François Lebrun was a French politician who served as President of France from 1932 to 1940. He was the last president of the Third Republic before its dissolution into the rump state of Vichy
Lebrun in 1932
Albert Lebrun, 1911
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
Albert Lebrun
…Cabinet wanting to ask for an armistice, on 17 June 1940 Prime Minister Paul Reynaud resigned, recommending to President Lebrun that he appoint Marechal Philippe Pétain in his place, which he did that day. British General Sir Edward Spears, who was present with the French cabinet during this crisis wrote "it is clear…
Pétain in 1941
Pétain in the 1880s
Pétain in 1915. Autochrome portrait by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont
Pétain, Haig, Foch and Pershing in 1918