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...German Pétain? At 56 Manstein is one of the youngest of Germany's field marshals. He has white hair, tired eyes, a beaked nose. Myopic, he wears the traditional Junker monocle. He dresses elegantly, sports a single decoration-the Iron Cross. He smokes thick cigars. In brief moments of leisure he plays the piano well, prefers solemn, well-ordered Bach to lighter, later composers. His hands are thin, well-manicured, almost feminine; his voice is quiet...
...Alternatives. London and Washington seemed to have three choices: 1) recognition of the Algiers government now or soon after France is invaded; 2) support in one way or another of Marshal Henri Pétain; or 3) an attempt to postpone the whole issue, deal with France during the invasion interim as a military area. The overwhelming testimony of Frenchmen in France and out was that either alternative to recognition of Algiers would lead to bloody disaster: Frenchmen slaying Frenchmen, bitter hatred between Frenchmen and their "liberators...
...Most notable recent arestees: Pierre Etienne Flandin, ex-Foreign Minster under Marshal Pétain; Marcel Peyrouton, ex-Minister of the Interior under Pétain; Pierre Boisson, turncoat Governor General of French West Africa, who fired on a joint British-Free French landing at Dakar...
...tain made one concession, agreeing to end his governmental "sitdown strike" and resume his functions as Chief of State. Even then he insisted that this would be merely nominal. He added...
...Marshal Pétain is convinced that Germany has lost...