Editing Vichy France

{{Evil_Organization|Box title = Evil Organization|Image = Flag of Philippe Pétain, Chief of State of Vichy France.svg|fullname = French State|alias = Régime de Vichy<br>État français<br>|origin = 22 June 1940|foundation = [[Philippe Pétain]]|goals = Keeping France by the nazis (failed)<br>Get rid Charles de Gaulle (failed)<br>Defeated Free France and United Kingdom (failed)<br>Defeat Free France and Stop the French Resistance in World War II (failed)<br>Helping the Nazis to Keep in Power (failed)<br>Restore France as a fascist state (failed)<br>Re-unify Vichy France and Free France by helping the Nazis (failed)|crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Ableism]]<br>[[Animal cruelty]]|type of villains = Nazi Occupied Warlords|headquarters = Vichy (de facto)<br>Paris (de jure)|dissolution = August 9th, 1944|type of villain=Nazi Occupied Warlords}}'''Vichy France''' (French: ''Régime de Vichy'') is the common name of the '''French State''' (''État français''<nowiki/>') headed by Marshal [[Philippe Pétain]] during [[World War II]].
==History==
Evacuated from Paris to Vichy in the unoccupied "Free Zone" (''zone libre'') in the southern part of metropolitan France which included French Algeria, it remained responsible for the civil administration of France as well as the French colonial empire. After it's France's Surrender to the [[Nazi Party]] at the end of Battle of France during World War II, the National Assembly under the Third Republic voted to give full powers to [[Philippe Pétain]] on 10 July 1940, France loses it controls French Indochina by [[Imperial Japan]], France declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, following the German invasion of Poland on 1 September. 

After being appointed Premier by President Albert Lebrun, Marshal Pétain's cabinet agreed to end the war and signed an Armistice with Germany on 22 June 1940. On 10 July, the Third Republic was effectively dissolved as Pétain was granted full powers by the National Assembly. 

At Vichy, Pétain established an authoritarian government that reversed many liberal policies and began tight supervision of the economy, calling for "National Regeneration", with central planning a key feature. Labour unions came under tight government control. Conservative Catholics became prominent and clerical input in schools resumed. Paris lost its avant-garde status in European art and culture. The media were tightly controlled and promoted [[anti-Semitism]], and, after June 1941, anti-Bolshevism

Germany kept two million French soldiers prisoner, carrying out forced labour (''service du travail obligatoire''). They were hostages to ensure that Vichy would reduce its military forces and pay a heavy tribute in gold, food, and supplies to Germany. French police were ordered to round up Jews without French citizenship and other "undesirables" such as communists and political refugees. 

Much of the French public initially supported the government, despite its undemocratic nature and its difficult position with respect to the Germans, often seeing it as necessary to maintain a degree of French autonomy and territorial integrity. In November 1942, the ''zone libre'' was also occupied by Axis forces, leading to the disbandment of the remaining army and the sinking of France's remaining fleet and ending any semblance of independence, with Germany now closely supervising all French officials.

After the eight-month Phoney War, the Germans launched their offensive in the west on 10 May 1940. Within days, it became clear that French military forces were overwhelmed and that military collapse was imminent. Government and military leaders, deeply shocked by the débâcle, debated how to proceed. 

Many officials, including Prime Minister Paul Reynaud, wanted to move the government to French territories in North Africa, and continue the war with the French Navy and colonial resources. Others, particularly the Vice-Premier Philippe Pétain and the Commander-in-Chief, General Maxime Weygand, insisted that the responsibility of the government was to remain in France and share the misfortune of its people. The latter view called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 

The last of the French state exiles were captured in the Sigmaringen enclave by de Gaulle's French 1st Armoured Division in April 1945. Pétain, who had voluntarily made his way back to France via Switzerland, was also put on trial for treason by the new Provisional government, and received a death sentence, but this was commuted to life imprisonment by de Gaulle. Only four senior Vichy officials were tried for [[crimes against humanity]], although many more had participated in the deportation of Jews for internment in Nazi [[Concentration Camp|concentration camps]], abuses of prisoners, and severe acts against members of the Resistance.

== People in Vichy France ==
* [[Philippe Pétain]]
* [[Pierre Laval]]
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