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Chính phủ Vichy
Also known as Vichy government
client state of Nazi Germany, administering the Free Zone in southern France and French colonial possessions (1940–1944)
AI overview
Vichy France was a German-controlled French government that governed southern France and French colonies from 1940 to 1944 during World War II. It matters because it represents a controversial period when France collaborated with Nazi Germany rather than continuing to resist the occupation.
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- État français
- Image
- Second cabinet of Philippe Pétain, 1940.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vichy government (1940-1944)
- inception
- 1938-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1944-08-29
- native label
- État français