Government of Vichy France
Collaborationist government in Nazi-occupied France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Government of Vichy France was the collaborationist ruling regime or government in Nazi-occupied France during the Second World War. Of contested legitimacy, it was headquartered in the town of Vichy in occupied France, but it initially took shape in Paris under Marshal Philippe Pétain as the successor to the French Third Republic in June 1940. The government remained in Vichy for four years, but fled to Germany in September 1944 after the Allied invasion of France. It operated as a government-in-exile until April 1945, when the Sigmaringen enclave was taken by Free French forces. Pétain was brought back to France, by then under control of the Provisional French Republic, and put on trial for treason.
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1940–1944[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Motto: "Travail, Famille, Patrie" ("Work, Family, Fatherland") | |||||||||||||||||
Anthem: "La Marseillaise" (official) "Maréchal, nous voilà !" (unofficial)[2] ("Marshal, here we are!") | |||||||||||||||||
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Capital-in-exile | Sigmaringen | ||||||||||||||||
Common languages | French | ||||||||||||||||
Government | Provisional republic under a nonpartisan collaborationist authoritarian dictatorship | ||||||||||||||||
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• 1940–1944 | Philippe Pétain | ||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||||||||
• 1940–1942 | Philippe Pétain | ||||||||||||||||
• 1940 (acting) | Pierre Laval | ||||||||||||||||
• 1940–1941 (acting) | P.É. Flandin | ||||||||||||||||
• 1941–1942 (acting) | François Darlan | ||||||||||||||||
• 1942–1944 | Pierre Laval | ||||||||||||||||
Legislature | National Assembly | ||||||||||||||||
Historical era | World War II | ||||||||||||||||
22 June 1940 | |||||||||||||||||
10 July 1940 | |||||||||||||||||
8 November 1942 | |||||||||||||||||
11 November 1942 | |||||||||||||||||
Summer 1944 | |||||||||||||||||
9 August 1944[1] | |||||||||||||||||
• Capture of the Sigmaringen enclave | 22 April 1945 | ||||||||||||||||
Currency | French franc | ||||||||||||||||
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