Groups such as the Maquis - were men and women who avoided Vichy France’s forced labor by hiding in the mountains. They used ...

France had fallen to the Nazis in 1940, but an internal resistance movement had struggled to sabotage occupying forces and ...

He argues that while Vichy France made little or no attempt to stop the removal of non-French Jews, of whom there were many - recent arrivals from Eastern Europe - with Jews who were French ...

Then the Holocaust and World War II broke out, with France among the ... who helped British pilots and spies escape Vichy France. Sensing an opportunity to be of service, Martinez sprung to ...

Both American forces faced strong resistance from troops loyal to Vichy France, which was officially a neutral power, and was recognised by the US as the legitimate French government. The British ...

France: Vichy French garrison (around 8,000 troops); eight coastal batteries, two armed merchant cruisers, five submarines and a handful of aircraft. Outcome: Allied forces gained control of the ...

Renée Poznanski presents an extraordinary panorama of Jewish daily life throughout France during World War II. Her book provides a detailed and nuanced account of Jews in both occupied and Vichy ...

Pétain was praised for the defence of Verdun in 1916, but he was sentenced to death for high treason after WW2. Some French politicians ... on the spa town of Vichy. Mr Macron's office later ...