The Vichy Regime--led by Philippe Pétain, the aging war hero of the First World War--was originally intended to be a temporary, care-taker regime, to supervise French administration before the soon-expected defeat of Britain.
The Vichy Regime--led by Philippe Pétain--was originally intended to be a temporary, care-taker regime, to supervise French administration before the soon-expected defeat of Britain. Philippe Pétain was the aging war hero of the First World War.