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So, today Pdt Macron praised the rôle of Pétain during WWI which caused a wave of outrage.
His role in WWII is beyond divisive for reasons well known, mainly his orders of deportation and murder of French and foreign citizens beyond German orders.

My question is first the subjective: was he sincere in trying to do as much as possible to protect French citizens? and second: what else could he or anyone else have done?

Goal is not to be an apologist of his genocidal and fascistic orders but to better understand the situation
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