Philippe Petain

Philippe Petain aka Henri-Philippe Petain was a French military and political leader. He was a war hero during World War I, leading the defense of Verdun. During World War II, he seized control of France and negotiated peace with the Germans, setting up a puppet state called Vichy France. When the Allies liberated France he fled to Germany along with thousands of other collaborators, and set up an absurd government-in-exile at a castle in Sigmaringen.