Few chapters in World War II history are as contentious as Vichy France. After the 1940 defeat, Marshal Philippe Pétain’s regime ruled the unoccupied south while cooperating with Nazi ...

After invading Poland in September 1939, Nazi forces turned their attention westwards. However, the German high command vetoed Hitler's plans for an immediate attack on France, pointing out that the ...

With a new introduction and updated bibliography, "Vichy France" demonstrates that the collaborationist government of Marshal Pétain did far more than merely react to German pressures. The Vichy ...

Almost 50 years ago, Robert Paxton published his influential “Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order, 1940-1944.” The book awakened readers to the shock of how close France came to becoming an ...

Of France's 62 million people, fewer than 5 million are old enough to have any memory of the horrifying weeks in May and June 1940, when the Nazi war machine crushed the country's armed forces, forced ...

In 1940, after an intense six-week battle, the most formidable army in Europe was defeated by a much more flexible and aggressive German military. For almost 80 years, France has lived with its memory ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. PARIS — Hundreds of thousands of files on members of the French resistance, ...

Following France's military defeat in 1940, Marshal Pťain and his Vichy regime drastically expanded upon the role of a top secret organization known as the Postal Surveillance System. The organization ...