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Charles de Gaulle - Marshal Pétain died

Time: Monday Jul 23, 1951

Place: Port-Joinville, Île d'Yeu, Vendée, France

Details: Marshal Pétain died in 1951, but he did not know it. De Gaulle was later known to remark that "Marshal Pétain was a great man.

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