General Paul Pétain

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military leader
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Vichy_regime
French_nationalism
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Grand_Cross_of_the_Legion_of_Honour
Croix de Guerre
gptkbp:birthDate 1856-04-24
gptkbp:burialPlace Cimetière_de_la_ville_de_Villers-Cotterêts
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:French_Army
death sentence commuted to life imprisonment
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:French_defeat_in_1940
gptkbp:convictedOf treason
gptkbp:court gptkb:Pétain_trial
gptkbp:culturalImpact Symbol of collaboration
gptkbp:deathDate 1951-07-23
gptkbp:descendant Pétain_family
gptkbp:education gptkb:Saint-Cyr_Military_Academy
gptkbp:famousFor Pétain's_policies_during_WWII
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:Nazi_occupation_of_France
gptkb:German_Empire
gptkbp:foughtIn Battle of the Marne
Battle of the Aisne
Battle of Arras
Battle of Flanders
Battle of the Lys
Battle of the Somme (1916)
Battle of the Chemin des Dames
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Controversial_leader_during_WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Paul Pétain
gptkbp:influenced French_military_strategy
post-war_French_politics
French_collaborationist_policies
French_right-wing_politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Georges_Clemenceau
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Vichy_France
gptkbp:legacy Controversial_figure_in_French_history
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Marshal_of_France
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Le_Maréchal
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Verdun
Battle of the Somme
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Henri_Pétain
gptkb:Marie_Pétain
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Cauchy-à-la-Tour,_France
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Clermont-Ferrand,_France
gptkbp:politicalParty National Revolution
gptkbp:politicalPosition Authoritarianism
gptkbp:role gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_France
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Eugénie_Pétain
gptkbp:supported collaboration_with_Germany
gptkbp:wrote memoirs