Vichy France
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
Related e |
Featured: |
Vichy France, or the Vichy regime are the common terms used to describe the government of France from July 1940 to August 1944. This government, which succeeded the Third Republic, officially called itself the French State (État Français), in contrast with the previous designation, "French Republic." Marshal Philippe Pétain proclaimed the government following the military defeat of France by Nazi Germany during World War II and the vote by the National Assembly on 10 July 1940. This vote granted extraordinary powers to Pétain, the last Président du Conseil (Prime Minister) of the Third Republic, who then took the additional title Chef de l'État Français ("Chief of the French State"). Pétain headed the reactionary program of the so-called "Révolution nationale", aimed at "regenerating the Nation."
See also
- 1942–43 Riom Trial and The Vichy 80
- Cadix, Allied intelligence center in Uzès.
- Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II
- Foreign relations of Vichy France
- Franco-German co-operation
- French Colonial Empire
- German occupation of France during World War II
- Italian occupation of France during World War II
- List of French possessions and colonies
- Military Administration in France
- Military history of France during World War II
- Oradour-sur-Glane
- Ordre Nouveau, French translation of Nationsozialistische Neue Ordnung, Hitler's planned Nazi hegemony in Europe.
- Organisation Todt
- Pursuit of Nazi collaborators
- Amy Elizabeth Thorpe
- Western Front (Frankreich) Area (Luftflotte 3, France)
- World War II in the Basque Country
- Camp of Septfonds