The part of France that was temporarily unoccupied. Vichy France - When France surrendered, it agreed to occupation by the Germans. The Germans allowed part of France to be under their control but still governed by the Frence people. Their seat of government was located at Vichy France, thus the name.
In France, with its headquarter in Vichy. Maréchal Pétain was then president
After the fall of France to the Germans in 1940, Vichy, South of Paris. continue to administer the government there, but under German control, from July 1940 to November 1942, when the German took full control of all of France....
Because they boarded the France and started to take over.
The Germans didn't let the "free French" government run anything. It was known as the Free French government IN EXILE because they had to get out of France and all German-controlled areas. The only government the NAZIs recognized in France was the one that was allied with Germany, the Vichy gov't.
The part of France that was temporarily unoccupied. Vichy France - When France surrendered, it agreed to occupation by the Germans. The Germans allowed part of France to be under their control but still governed by the Frence people. Their seat of government was located at Vichy France, thus the name.
In France, with its headquarter in Vichy. Maréchal Pétain was then president
Through the Belgian Ardennes.
After the fall of France to the Germans in 1940, Vichy, South of Paris. continue to administer the government there, but under German control, from July 1940 to November 1942, when the German took full control of all of France....
Because they boarded the France and started to take over.
The Germans didn't let the "free French" government run anything. It was known as the Free French government IN EXILE because they had to get out of France and all German-controlled areas. The only government the NAZIs recognized in France was the one that was allied with Germany, the Vichy gov't.
France
They Invaded Belgium on their way to France
The capital of occupied France was Paris. The de facto capital of the unoccupied portion of France, until November 8, 1942, was the town of Vichy. After that control reverted to the occupying Germans, and the whole country was administered from Paris.
France didn't split into two governments in WW2.The Nothern and coastal regions were occupied by the Nazis, and controlled by the German government.The part of France that was not occupied by the Germans (but did collaborate with them), called Vichy France (Vichy being the seat of the government), was governed by Petain.
Vichy France's motto is 'Travail, Famille, Patrie'.
Germans would occupy the northern part of France and a Nazi-controlled puppet government would be installed. The French occupation government was located in Vichy (central France) and headed by a former Marshal of France, Philippe Pétain.