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...wonderful Mediterranean climate, where, until passions die down, he could spend the last years of his life, loved and respected." In Paris, a few World War I veterans, celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Battle of Verdun, remembered their old hero, set up a chant of "Set Pétain free" before police could silence them...
...would have assumed the Office of Chief of State, set up a Fascist regime under the wing of Nazi Germany, and declared war on Great Britain. Whether or not this story had any substance of truth, Pierre Laval immediately became a pariah to the Government of France. Marshal Pétain broadcast a curt, messianic message to his people...
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