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Maréchal, nous voilà !

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"Maréchal, nous voilà !" ("Marshal, here we are!") is a French song dedicated to Marshal Philippe Pétain. Lyrics were composed by André Montagnard (1888 – 1963), and music was attributed to André Montagnard and Charles Courtioux. The song was performed by André Dassary and on many official occasions in France and Algeria during Vichy France.

"La Marseillaise" remained the official anthem of the state, but "Maréchal, nous voilà !" was popular during the Vichy era. Officially, the song was written in 1941, but Montagnard and Courtioux actually plagiarized another song composed by Polish Jewish composer Kazimierz Oberfeld, "La Margoton du bataillon". Oberfeld was later deported to Auschwitz in 1945.

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Maréchal, nous voilà ! Wikipedia