Vichy France

Vichy France is a period of French history that has only fairly recently begun to be examined for what it truly is: a period in which many of the French turned against their own state and collaborated with the German forces to betray their own country. Until the eighties, the Vichy Regime was regarded as “an aberration in the evolution of the French Republic” (Munholland, 1994) , repressed by the French in an attempt to regain their national pride. ‘Lacombe Lucien’ (1974), directed by Louis Malle

anti-Semitism: Jews in France from 1890-1939 Name: Joseph Kelly Student Number: 11170843 Name of Course: HI 439 Name of Course Convenor: Dr. Gearóid Barry Word Count: 2223 Due Date: 07/10/2014 To begin to look at the complex issues arising from the divisions created in France due to xenophobia, we need to go back to the formation of the French republic. When French citizens overthrew the monarchy they were adamant that France would be

they begin to occupy France as well. A consequence that comes out of the Nazi occupation is Vichy France government. The leader, Petain, “announces his intention to sign an armistice with the Nazis. (History.com)” The government was based out of “the tacit between Hitler’s hopes of armistice and French longing for a quick return to orderly life. (Paxton 19)” This means that the government might have some traces of Nazism in it. In this essay, I will analyze about how the Vichy government had collaborated

and its puppet state of Vichy France. They were mainly comprised of men and women who fought the Nazis through sabotage, ambushes, and hit-and-run tactics; disrupting power grids, transport lines, and telecommunications. In addition to guerilla warfare, they also published underground newspapers, collected intelligence, and helped Allied soldiers trapped behind enemy lines to escape. Furthermore, they also played a large role in Operation Overlord (invasion of northern France) and Operation Dragoon

attack in 1940. France 's vaunted Maginot Line, engineered to protect the country failed to hold back the Nazi onslaught and the German Blitzkrieg poured into France. The city of Paris fell under German control, only weeks after the first invasion. France was then split into two parts, One-half being occupied France, which would be ruled by the Germans and guarded by the Nazi soldiers, Which also happened to hold the most populated city, Paris. The other half was called Vichy France, and would still

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 in eating it. As Germany invaded France, it relieved

also provides a startling account of her time in prison and german labour camps following her arrest. These accounts are heavily contrasting with her ideology and naivety at the beginning of the war creating an parallel in believes in early Occupied France. Delbo, Charlotte. Convoy to Auchwitz: Women of the French Resistance.Translated by Carol Cosman. Austin: Northeastern University Press, 1997. On January 24, 1943, 230 women political prisoners, most of whom had worked for the French Resistance

On May 1940, German forced invaded France; by June 14th German troops successfully marched into Paris. The French government did not give into exile but rather signed an armistice agreement that allowed Germans to divide France into two parts: occupied zones and unoccupied zones. The French government was located in Vichy, France; leaders were subordinate to the German’s rule. Between September 1940 and June 1942, the German occupation of France caused the Vichy Government to pass many Anti- Jewish

Charles de Gaulle was born in Lille, France, on Nov. 22, 1890, the son of a teacher of philosophy and literature at a Jesuit college. From early childhood he took an interest in reading. Fascinated by history, he formed an almost mystical formation of service to France. De Gaulle graduated from the Ecole Militaire of Saint-Cyr in 1912 and joined an infantry division. In World War I he was wounded and captured at Douaumont in the Battle of Verdun in March 1916. As a war prisoner, he wrote his first

must also make his play acceptable to the controlling Nazis. As such, the play Antigone can be interpreted as a political allegory of Vichy France. During World War 2, much of the audience recognizes Creon as a representation of the Vichy government and identifies Antigone as the French Resistance. Creon is compared to Marshal Petain, the President of Vichy France during World War 2: "A real hero, a just ruler, a slave to his duty who sacrifices everything that is dear to him for the sake of his