Vichy French facts
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Mohammed V, monarch of Morocco, and Vichy French colonial subject was ordered to produce a list of Jewish subjects, he responded: "There are no Jews in Morocco. There are only Moroccans""
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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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L'Oreal actively collaborated with and supported the Vichy French government and Nazis during World War 2
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Vichy French diplomats in the United States were interned at Hershey, Pennsylvania in 1943
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During World War 2, Allied troops fought French (Vichy) troops, that were supported by the Nazis, for control of Syria
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100 years ago the most successful German U-boat submarine in WWI, U-35, sunk the British Lesbian in January of 1917. Then in WWII another British Lesbian was scuttled by the Vichy French on 14 July 1941
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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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In WWII Australian ski troops were deployed against Vichy French troops in the mountains of Lebanon.
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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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Australia fought the Vichy French in WW2
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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.
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During WWII the British invaded Madagascar and fought Vichy French troops to control the island.
