Word: petain
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...force him on Vichy, he was disappointed. Admiral Darlan had apparently persuaded Herr Abetz of his own worth as a collaborator, and he returned again to Vichy with the blessing of Herr Abetz and his boss. The Paris radio began praising Darlan and the German radio complimented Marshal Petain on his "spirit of comprehension...
...midst of the tension a strange story had been broadcast to the world. The story: Marshal Petain and Admiral Darlan had flown to North Africa and rioting was going on in Vichy. The story originated in Bern, was broadcast by the German radio, picked up and repeated by the British radio. Germany claimed that its radio had broadcast a denial with the story, that the British radio had left out the denial and repeated the story to stir up bad feeling between France and Germany. Maybe this was true. Or maybe Germany just wanted to tell France what could happen...
...Madrid and set out for the Italian Riviera to meet Benito Mussolini and his son-in-law, Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano, who undoubtedly would remind the Spaniards of all the favors Italy did for Franco's Spain when Italy seemed bigger potatoes. As Vichy denied Marshal Petain would join the conference, the Frenchman started for a "few days' rest" at his wife's villa, a short drive from the Italo-Spanish rendezvous...
...French Navy Minister and Chief Under the proposed compromise Petain would surrender to Darlan his direct control of the government, remaining only as titular chief of state, and Laval would be brought back into the Vichy regime in a secondary role...
Beaten and trouble-beset France appeared to be heading toward a government dominated by four men--Laval, Admiral Darlan, Paul Baudouin, and General Charles Hunziger--with the aged Petain retaining full authority as Chief of State...