Prof John Derry talks about Philippe Pétain, the French general who is widely acknowledged as having saved the French Army in 1917. Petain was sidelined in 1918, and in 1940 surrendered to the Nazis. Is his reputation deserved or was he a 'pessimistic patriot'?
Recorded at the WFA's AGM, York, UK, May 2011
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