Pétain, such a popular hero
2010
History, Documentary, War | 15 November 2010
Jacques Gamblin, Philippe Pétain, Adolf Hitler
On October 24, 1940, Philippe Pétain met Adolf Hitler in Montoire and led the French into collaboration with the Nazis. A black page in the history of France, written by a man whom many then considered a hero: the winner of Verdun.