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Henri Philippe Petain HENRI PHILIPPE PETAIN, (1856-1951), French general who was honored as a national hero for his defense of Verdun during World War I but who was convicted after World War II of dealings with the enemy while head of the collaborationist Vichy regime. The son of peasants, he was born on April 24, 1856, in Cauchy-a-la-Tour. He graduated from the French military academy at St.