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 ...

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 ...

Unless the whole world was deceived, the Vichy Government last week squarely and publicly placed its bet on Germany to win World War II. Not only did it yield to Germany, which men in France today ...

It was Riom reversed. In 1942 Vichy-france had brought the fallen Third Republic to trial. Now, in Paris, a representative of fallen Vichy stood before the High Court of the “Fourth Republic.” The ...

Jewish umbrella group CRIF slams event honoring Philippe Petain, who led Vichy France and presided over the deportation of some 75,000 Jews The post In France, praise for Nazi collaborator Petain ...