Government of Vichy France
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The Government of Vichy France was the collaborationist ruling regime or government in Nazi-occupied France during the Second World War. Of contested legitimacy, it was finally headquartered in the to
Time cover, 4 February 1935
François Darlan, in an undated image.
Léon Gambetta proclaiming the French Republic, 4 September 1870.
Maxime Weygand
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Maxime Weygand was a French military commander in World War I and World War II, as well as a high-ranking member of the Vichy regime.
General Weygand c. 1940
Alfred van der Smissen (1823–1895), Weygand's purported biological father
Weygand on Time magazine in 1933
Weygand as a junior officer in the early 1890s