Vichy France
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Vichy France, also known as the Pétainist regime and Pétainist France, officially the French State, was a French rump state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II, established as a resu
Propaganda poster for the Vichy Regime's Révolution nationale program, 1942
Members of the Milice performing the Roman salute, 1943
French prisoners of war are marched off under German guard, 1940
Pétain meeting Hitler in October 1940
From 1939 to 1940, the French Third Republic was at war with Nazi Germany. In 1940, the German forces defeated the French in the Battle of France. The Germans occupied the north and west of French ter
Charles de Gaulle inspecting sailors on the Free French destroyer Léopard in June 1942
French and British troops sharing Christmas drinks at Kedange-sur-Canner, near Metz, 21 December 1939
Internment of French troops in Switzerland, June 1940
General Charles de Gaulle and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1944