Maréchal, nous voilà !

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{{Short description|1941 French song dedicated to Marshal Philippe Pétain}}

{{Infobox anthem

| title = Maréchal, nous voilà !

| english_title = Marshal, here we are!

| image = Imagerie de la Révolution nationale.jpg

| image_size =

| country = Vichy France

| prefix = Unofficial

| author = André Montagard

| lyrics_date = 1941

| composer = Kazimierz Oberfeld

| music_date = 1933

| adopted = 1941

| until = 1944

| predecessor = La Marseillaise

| successor = La Marseillaise

| sound =

| sound_title = Maréchal, nous voilà ! (Vocal version)

}}

Maréchal, nous voilà ! ({{IPA|fr|maʁeʃal nu vwala}}; "Marshal, here we are!") is a 1941 French song dedicated to Marshal Philippe Pétain. The lyrics were composed by André Montagard; its music was attributed to André Montagard and Charles Courtioux but actually plagiarized from a song composed for the 1933 musical La Margoton du battailon by Polish Jewish composer Kazimierz Oberfeld, who was deported to Auschwitz in 1945, where he was murdered.{{in lang|fr}} Nathalie Dompnier, « Entre La Marseillaise et Maréchal, nous voilà ! quel hymne pour le régime de Vichy ? », dans Myriam Chimènes (dir.), La vie musicale sous Vichy, Éditions Complexe – IRPMF-CNRS, coll. « Histoire du temps présent », 2001, p. 71

Although La Marseillaise remained the official national anthem of the state, Maréchal, nous voilà ! was performed in many capacities unofficially as an alternative song for the public, being used as a popular song for events like sports and recreation.{{cite web |last1=Fancourt |first1=Daisy |title=Anthems for France |url=https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/resistance-and-exile/french-resistance/anthems-for-france/ |website=Music and the Holocaust |publisher=ORT |access-date=1 October 2023}}{{cite news |title=Pétain of Verdun, of Vichy, of History |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/15/archives/petain-of-verdun-of-vichy-of-history.html |access-date=2 October 2023 |work=New York Times |date=15 Nov 1964}} However, the song never dispelled the use of "La Marseillaise" as the official anthem, and it remained the main hymn of the Vichy State and had official support among the Vichy government.{{cite web |last1=Fancourt |first1=Daisy |title=Anthems for France |url=https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/resistance-and-exile/french-resistance/anthems-for-france/ |website=Music and the Holocaust |publisher=ORT |access-date=1 October 2023}} It had multiple performances during the Vichy France Era, often in a famous variation{{huh?|date=February 2022}} by {{Ill|André Dassary|fr}}.

The refrain itself shows the growing cult of personality around Pétain during the Vichy regime.{{Cite web |title=Musée de la résistance en ligne |url=https://museedelaresistanceenligne.org/media243-Paroles-et-musique-du-chant-iMarA |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=museedelaresistanceenligne.org}}