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Pétain refused to recognize the authority of the court, remaining silent throughout and often seemingly unaware of what was going on around him. After two weeks of courtroom wrangling, Pétain was condemned to death with a recommendation that this be commuted to life imprisonment. This is what de Gaulle had always intended.
A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle
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