What the records say
- When
- 10 Jul 1940
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Coordinates
- 44.77° N, 3.22° E
- Government
- Vichy France
- Former government
- France
- History
- After the fall of France, Germany permitted the French self-government in the south under Marshal Philippe Pétain. Vichy France was authoritarian and became increasingly identified as a collaborator.
- Source map
- France · 1942 · 1:1,500,000 · Girard and Barrère, Paris
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Vichy France
Collaborationist regime in France (1940–1944)
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 result of German victory in the Battle of France. It was named after its seat of government, the city of Vichy.
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The source
- European Borders, World War II (1938–1945)Stanford Spatial History Lab (M. De Groot)Stanford Spatial History Lab: scholarly reuse, no commercial use
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