Charles de Lauzirika

Under the leadership of Philippe Pétain, Vichy France, the Unoccupied Zone during the World War II 1940s, was far from being an impotent and vulnerable collaborator of Nazi Germany. Rather, it, having the paramount goal of restoring France’s elite, of restoring a “mythical pre-Revolutionary France based on traditional Catholic values,” and of ridding the state of Jews and foreigners, particularly the British, often determined its own agenda and acted as a preemptive accomplice to Hitler’s anti-Semitist

Chevalier de Seingalt (1725–1798) recounted his life and adventures in a long memoir written toward the end of his life. the Chevalier was a controversial figure, but because of the people he met, his memoir became a valuable historical source about eighteenth century European society. However, the accuracy of the memoir has been brought into question by critics claiming that the Chevalier distorted or invented events to make his life seem more glamorous than it was. One point brought into question

Food played a pivotal role in the daily lives of all persons in Vichy France during World War II. The finding and gathering of food consumed long hours of the average person’s life through ration cards and queques. The search and the worship of food was an integral part of life to all people from the general public to the Resistance Fighters. Food is a necessity of all life, for the Nazi Germans it was a tool to control the Vichy French Regime and people as the daily hunted for food and reveled

of the European airline industry.” - Jean-Cyril Spinetta, CEO, Air France. Air France Organizational Culture: ‘France is in the air’ Air France was founded in seventh of October of 1933 and first airline carrier in France. Its major hubs are in Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports. They have about 69,553 employees and they travel to about 204 destinations. This company has well-known for its recognition and having a loyal base of passengers. However, the French management mentality is distinct from

John Songponnopachon Mrs. Pederson Eng 106 5 May 2011 Wal-Mart’s Positive Effect on a Community         When it comes to shopping for clothes, groceries, and other belongings; there is one question customers must ask themselves. Do you shop with your head or your heart? Shopping with you head refers to looking for discounts and saving as much money as you can while, shopping with your heart is going to a local store and paying extra to support a family owned business. Most respond with saving

family. Corruption has been apart of mankind for the longest amount of time, going back to ancient 17th century France. Baron de Montesquieu said it best “The corruption of every government begins nearly always with that of principles”. As his full name Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was born on January 19th, 1689 at La Brède France. Baron de Montesquieu was one of the great political philosophers of the Enlightenment period, and brought forward many great ideas and

Anti-Semitism changed the French perspective of Jews before and after the Vel d’Hiv Roundup in July 1942, because this Roundup was the first time the French government explicitly targeted foreign and French Jews alike without pressure from German occupiers. The French government explicitly designed and carried out the Vel d’Hiv Roundup where they collected all of the Jews in Paris, France on their own accord and sent them to concentration camps to be exterminated. While holding in scope two years

Autonomy and Responsibility: France and World War II The decision to enter into war is usually a great struggle involving many factors. Some countries, however, such as France in 1940, do not have much choice in the matter. France’s leaders struggled with the feelings of autonomy and responsibility. France's struggle entering into World War II was in the difficulty in fulfilling its dual responsibility to the people of France and to the rest of the world whom both maintained conflicting beliefs

King Louis had mysteriously disappeared for all that the French knew at the time. The French thought he was captured in Varennes. This caused them to have a sense of unity among the community because now it was up to them to find King Louis. This commitment came with a strong sense of nationalism and pride for their country, something they were once lacking. The Patriots were happy because they wanted to have all of the power in the hands of the National Assembly instead of a king figure. King Louis

restoration of Louis XVIII, Napoleon Empire, Louis Philippe reign. With the early changes of the country they didn’t fully become a strong structured government until after both world wars. During the year of 1958 the fifth republic was formed and General de Gaulle became their prime minister later that year. Not too far in the future, the people of France utilized a ballot