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| Maxime Weygand, Paul Baudouin, Paul Reynaud, and Philippe Pétain after a Council of Ministers meeting, Paris, France, 21 May 1940 | Philippe Pétain and Adolf Hitler, Montoire-sur-le-Loir, France, 24 Oct 1940; note Paul Schmidt and Joachim von Ribbentrop in background |
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| Philippe Pétain and Pierre Laval on the grounds of Pétain's residence Pavillon Sévigné, Vichy, France, circa 1942 | Portrait of Philippe Pétain, circa 1941-1942 |
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| French Marshal Pétain and US Ambassador Leahy, Vichy, France, 27 Apr 1942 |
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