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6 matches to Vichy
Free French. French vs Germany after fall of France 1940. Opp. by Vichy government. DeGaulle.
Laval, Pierre. 1883-1945. Vichy Prime Minister 1942-4. Executed for treason.
Pétain, Philippe. 1856-1951. Defender at Verdun, 1916. Armistice 1940. Vichy Prime Minister 1940-42. German puppet 1942-4. Life sentence for collaboration after liberation.
Reynaud, Paul. 1878-1966. French Prime Minister, imprisoned by Vichy French.
Torch, Operation. 1942-3. Anglo-US operations in French NW Africa. Vichy France calls for Axis support in Tunis.
Vichy. Seat of Pétain’s pro-German government, 1940-44 in unoccupied southern France. Source of waters famous since Roman times.