Meaning of Pétainism | Babel Free

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The political ideology associated with Philippe Pétain.

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“Secondly, Pétainism was identified with common sense and realism. No argument against Pétain could start from a sound basis: it was made to look absurd, and people who objected to his leadership were 'flying in the face of fact'.”

“In such ways the favoured status of Pétainism within Nazi-Occupied Europe limped on until the Allied invasions of 1944.”

“Giraud's escape from the Koenigstein prison camp did not mark a break with Pétainism; on the contrary, it was helped by elements of the Vichy intelligence service.”

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