Macron stokes anger by calling Petain 'great' WWI soldier

President Emmanuel Macron faced a wave of criticism Wednesday after defending Nazi collaborator Philippe Petain, who led France's authoritarian Vichy regime, as a "great soldier" during World War I."It's right that we honour the marshals who led France to victory," Macron said in the town of Charleville-Mezieres, part of a tour of northern France marking the centenary of the war's end."He was a great soldier, it's a fact," Macron said, though he stressed that Petain had made "disastrous choices"