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Events on Thursday 24 October 1940 1
1940Hitler meets Pétain at MontoirePétain publicly embraces collaborationOn 24 October Adolf Hitler met Marshal Philippe Pétain at Montoire-sur-le-Loir. A photograph of their handshake became notorious. Pétain announced a week later that France was entering "the path of collaboration".