A senior French official said Saturday legal action would be taken over comments made praising Philippe Petain, France's wartime head of state convicted of treason after World War II. The row is the ...

CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES, France (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday it was "legitimate" to pay tribute to Marshal Philippe Petain, who led the French army to victory in World War ...

When Marshal Pétain set up his government at Bordeaux on June 16, the British Government certainly entertained many misgivings. But it did not challenge the right of the new régime to represent the ...

Delarue said the comments made praising Petain during the ceremony were 'clearly revisionist' Boncompain argued that Petain's post-war conviction for treason had not been a fair one About a hundred ...