Case Anton

When

10 Nov 1942 – 27 Nov 1942

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

47.00° N, 2.00° E

Description

1942 militaryoccupation of Vichy France during the Second World War

War

World War II

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

1942 occupation of France in WWII

Case Anton was the military occupation of Vichy France carried out by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy in November 1942. It marked the end of the Vichy regime as a nominally independent state and the disbanding of its army, but it continued its existence as a puppet government within occupied France.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en réponse au débarquement anglo-américain en Afrique du Nord, les Allemands envahissent la « zone libre » tandis que les Italiens débarquent en Corse”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Германские и итальянские войска оккупировали южную зону Франции и остров Корсика”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “独軍がヴィシー政権統治下のフランス本土を占領（アントン作戦）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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