Vichy France facts
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Marc Bloch, a loyal Frenchman & historian, was captured by Nazis in Vichy France & lined up to be executed. Next to him during the execution a boy groaned, "This is going to hurt," which then Bloch replied, "No, my boy, it doesn't hurt." He held the boy's hand & shouted "Vive La France!"
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When the Allies liberated France in 1944, Petain and other members of the Vichy government were exiled to Germany until the end of the war.
What was the vichy government in france?
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering what happened in vichy france during ww2. Here are 13 of the best facts about Vichy France Flag and Vichy France City I managed to collect.
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René Carmille, a computer expert and resistance double agent in Vichy France, who sabotaged the punch card system used by the Nazis to locate French Jews. He is considered by many to be the first hacker.
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there was a battle for Madagascar between the UK and Vichy France in WW2
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In 1942, after escaping Vichy France due to accusations by the Nazis that his work was degenerate, artist André Masson had his artwork torn up before his eyes by U.S. customs officials for being pornographic
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The Polish cryptanalysts who broke the Enigma relocated to Southern France after the Nazi invasion, where they continued cracking Axis codes under the noses of the Vichy authorities until 1942
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Marseilles was rejected as the capital of Vichy France during WW2, because it was so dangerous that the city was known as the "Chicago" of France
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The Vichy French Admiral who scuttled the French fleet in Toulon, effectively destroying Vichy France's power and halting the Germans, was still sentenced to a lifetime of forced labor during the French Purge.
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There is a mountain in Canada that is named after the Nazi Collaborator who was Chief of State for Vichy France.
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Philippe Pétain, the head of Vichy France which collaborated with the Nazis in WWII, was probably developing dementia even when first appointed in 1940
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The French did Fight after the battle of France with the free French forces led by General Charles de Gaulle Yes there was the Vichy regime but after Operation Torch those Vichy forces joined the free French and were put under UK first Army command as the 19th French Corps
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The Japanese Empire declared war against Vichy France in order to take French Indochina, which did not belong to Free France (French Gov’t in exile) as I thought.
Why was vichy france created?
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Rugby league was banned in France by the pro-Nazi Vichy Government
