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   What was Vichy France?

   • The term “Vichy France” reflects a period in French history which many historians view as both dark and unfortunate. It refers to a wartime government based in the city of Vichy, south of Paris. The government lasted from July 1940 to 1944, when the Allied liberation took place.

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   What happened to Vichy France in 1942?

   • In 1942, Vichy France was technically dissolved, as Germany took over the entire nation of France, but it is clear that remnants of the Vichy government and its officials continued to hold power in France.

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   How long did the Vichy government last?

   • The government lasted from July 1940 to 1944, when the Allied liberation took place. Many leaders in the Vichy government continued to be powerful after the German takeover in 1942, and the period of Vichy governance in France was later extensively criticized. The roots of Vichy France can be found in the initial German invasion of France, in 1940.

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   Why was Vichy France dissolved?

   • In 1942, Vichy France was dissolved, as Germany took over the entire nation of France. Vichy France called itself L'État Français “the French state,” to separate itself from the Third Republic. The government also abandoned the traditional French motto of “Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood” in favor of “Work, Family, Country.”

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   4 days ago · The term “Vichy France” reflects a period in French history which many historians view as both dark and unfortunate. It refers to a wartime government based in the city of Vichy, south of Paris. The government lasted from July 1940 to 1944, when the Allied liberation took place.

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   1 day ago · During World War II, France found itself under the oppressive occupation of Nazi Germany, with the collaborationist Vichy regime governing the unoccupied southern part of the country. In the face of this dark reality, an extraordinary group of individuals emerged to form the French Resistance, a movement dedicated to fighting against the ...

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   May 7, 2024 · 07 May 2024. Article history. PDF. Split View. Cite. Permissions. Share. Issue Section: Book Review. In the midst of the Second World War, while living in his wife’s hometown of Saint Amour in the Jura, Jewish writer and keen observer Léon Werth kept a diary chronicling daily life in Vichy France.

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   May 17, 2024 · Normandy Invasion, during World War II, the Allied invasion of western Europe, which was launched on June 6, 1944 (the most celebrated D-Day of the war), with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France.

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   2 days ago · It voted to transform the French Third Republic into the French State, better known as Vichy France, an authoritarian puppet regime that was allowed to govern the southeast of France and which collaborated with the Axis powers.

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   May 18, 2024 · The French Resistance, known as “La Résistance” in French, was a collection of groups that fought against the Nazi occupation and the collaborationist Vichy régime in France during the Second World War. One of the most notable factions of the French Resistance was the Maquis. The Maquis (pronounced [maˈki]) were rural guerrilla bands of ...

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   4 days ago · During World War II, the Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany to arrest and deport a large number of both French Jews and foreign Jewish refugees to concentration camps. By the war's end, 25% of the Jewish population of France had perished in the Holocaust .