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Julian Jackson discusses the famous trial of Marshal P\u00e9tain, the leader of Vichy France who was accused of betraying his country to the Nazis <\/p>

By Danny Bird\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 04 December 2023 at 07:00 AM<\/p>

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Following its liberation in 1944, France began a reckoning with its years of defeat, occupation and collaboration with Nazi Germany. On trial was Marshal Philippe P\u00e9tain, the decorated World War I hero and onetime head of the collaborationist regime known as Vichy France. Speaking to Danny Bird, Julian Jackson discusses the role the trial played in the nation\u2019s attempt to reconcile itself with this controversial chapter in its history.<\/p>\n\n

Julian Jackson is the author of France on Trial: The Case of Marshal P\u00e9tain<\/em> (Allen Lane, 2023)<\/p>\n

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