Vichy France

Vichy France, or the Vichy regime (in French, now called: Régime de Vichy or Vichy; at the time, called itself: État Français, or French State) was the de facto French government of 1940-1944 during the Nazi Germany occupation of World War II. The Vichy position that it was the de jure French government was challenged by the Free French Forces of Charles de Gaulle, and French governments ever since have held that the Vichy regime was an illegal government run by traitors.

External links

• ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VICHY GOVERNMENT, JULY 10, 1940
• State Collaboration Collaboration of Vichy France with Nazi Germany.
• Map of the "free" and "occupied" zones (main page; in French)
• Collaborator Maurice Papon Released
• Biography of Collaborator Jacques Doriot
• Biography of Collaborator Joseph Darnand