<prompt> Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Gamba reHondo Yenyika I, rinozivikanwa nokushandisa zvidzidzo zveHondo yechipiri yeChampagne  <response>: kuti asanyanya kurasikirwa muhondo yeVerdun, Pétain akava mutungamiriri wemauto eFrance muna 1917. Akava nesimba muHondo yeNyika II semhinduro kukundwa kunokatyamadza kweFrance mukuvamba kwa1940. Pétain akapomera kushayikwa kwevarume nezvinhu zvekurwisa, asi iye pachake akapinda mukukanganisa kwakakomba kwakatungamira kuMaginot Line, uye nekutenda kuti Ardennes yakanga isingapindiki. Kunyange zvakadaro, nzira dzaPétain dzokuchenjera uye dzokuzvidzivirira paVerdun dzakanga dzamuita kuti arumbidzwe neuto rakanga raparadzwa, uye mudetembi Paul Valéry akamudana kuti mudziviriri weFrance. 