Was France on the Allies side or the Axis side?

Answer 1

France was on both sides. At the start of the war France was allied with Great Britain against Germany. Then the Germans invaded France and overran the country. The Germans then installed a puppet regime, called the "Vichy" French, after the town of Vichy, where this government was based. The Germans rounded up an octogenarian hero of WWI, Field Marshal Petain, and made him head of this new pro-German government. The "Vichy regime" was despised by many, if not most Frenchmen, but it was the new official government and was a German ally. This was important because it meant that all of France's colonies, which were numerous in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and on Pacific Islands, were now officially pro-German territory. Some Frenchmen escaped to Great Britain and started a "government in exile", which became the French government once France was liberated from the Germans. When Americans invaded North Africa in November 1942 they went ashore in French colonies (Algeria, Morocco) and for three or four days fought the French troops there. But nobody had their heart in this combat and the French troops soon quit fighting the Americans and came over to the Allied side. But, thousands of Frenchmen were true Fascists, and cooperated willingly with the Germans, denouncing their fellow Frenchmen and causing them to be imprisoned and killed by the Germans. There was an entire German SS division, the Charlemange Division, made up of French volunteers. But, probably more Frenchmen were members of the underground, also called the maquis or the FFI (French Forces of the Interior), waging an extremely hazardous clandestine campaign against the occupying Germans. Thousands were tortured and shot on suspicion of being members of the Resistance. The situation in France after the war was very complicated. There were thousands of court trials, with defendants facing the death penalty for collaboration with the Germans. Many Frenchman had had to go along with the Germans, or be killed. The French understandably prefer to remember the bravery of the Resistance, rather than those who went along with events to preserve life, or who enthusiastically collaborated. In every French town after it was liberated there were ugly scenes as young women who had dated German soldiers during the occupation had their heads shaven before jeering crowds.

Answer 2

With the Allied Powers, but after the Germans successfully took Northern France in 1940, the remainder of France known as Vichy France collaborated with the Axis Powers until France was regained in 1944.

Answer 3

France was invaded by the axis power. The allied did some counter strike there.

Answer 4

I think you meant " Axis or Allied ". Either way, your answer is Allied. They fought along with the US, Soviet Union, Britain, Poland, Norway, and the rest of the Allies.

Answer 5

I honestly think both. They fought with the allies but since of the German blitz in 1940 they surrendered and became a part of the axis. Though they got rescued in 1944 with D-Day

Answer 6

The Allies side. On the Allies side

Answer 7

on the side of allies

Answer 8

France was initially on the Allies side early in ww2. But following its surrender to Hitler in 1940, France (then known as "Vichy" France) was basically on the Axis side for a while. The British and French forces fought each other on occasion thereafter. When the U.S. invaded North Africa in late 1942, the Vichy forces in the area fought against the Americans for a few days, then swapped sides. The mainland Vichy France remained under control of Germany until liberated by the allies in 1944, at which time the Free French took over control of the country as an ally of the U.S. and British.