[PAR] [TLE] Guy Pedroncini [SEP] Guy Pedroncini was a French academic and military historian specialising in the First World War, and notable as the biographer of Philippe Pétain and for his work on the French army mutinies of 1917.  He was born in Paris on 17 May 1924 and died on 11 July 2006, at the age of 82. [PAR] [TLE] Philippe Pétain [SEP] Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), generally known as Philippe Pétain (] ) or Marshal Pétain ("Maréchal Pétain"), was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and later served as the Chief of State of Vichy France also known as Nationalist France or the French State "(Chef de l'État Français)", from 1940 to 1944.  Pétain, who was 84 years old in 1940, ranks as France's oldest head of state.  Today, he is considered the French equivalent to his contemporary Quisling in Norway.  Because of his outstanding military leadership in World War I, particularly during the Battle of Verdun, Pétain was viewed as a national hero in France and was not executed.  He was sometimes nicknamed "The Lion of Verdun".
[PAR] [TLE] Guy Pedroncini [ SEP ] Guy Pedroncini was a French academic and military historian specialising in the First World War , and notable as the biographer of Philippe Pétain and for his work on the French army mutinies of 1917 . He was born in Paris on 17 May 1924 and died on 11 July 2006 , at the age of 82 . [PAR] [TLE] Philippe Pétain [ SEP ] Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain ( 24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951 ) , generally known as Philippe Pétain ( ] ) or Marshal Pétain ( " Maréchal Pétain " ) , was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France , and later served as the Chief of State of Vichy France also known as Nationalist France or the French State " ( Chef de l'État Français ) " , from 1940 to 1944 . Pétain , who was 84 years old in 1940 , ranks as France 's oldest head of state . Today , he is considered the French equivalent to his contemporary Quisling in Norway . Because of his outstanding military leadership in World War I , particularly during the Battle of Verdun , Pétain was viewed as a national hero in France and was not executed . He was sometimes nicknamed " The Lion of Verdun " .
Who was the French general that was born in 1856 and had a biography written about him by Guy Pedroncini?
Who was the French general that was born in 1856 and had a biography written about him by Guy Pedroncini ?
Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain