Vichy France

Vichy France was a state in France and the Low Countries (Europe) that lasted from 1940 to 1944 CE, about 4 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

Marshal Petain's collaborationist state, which handed Jews over for deportation to Nazi camps. Germany occupied all of France in 1942, and the regime collapsed after the Allied landings of 1944.

See Vichy France on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1940 to 1944 CE

Duration

4 years

Type

State

Region

France and the Low Countries, Europe

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

Vichy

Came from

• French Third Republic 1870 to 1940 CE

Became

• French Fourth Republic 1946 to 1958 CE

Neighbours in Europe

• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present
• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE
• Nazi Germany 1933 to 1945 CE
• Kingdom of Sweden 1721 CE to the present
• Kingdom of the Netherlands 1815 CE to the present
• Romania (United Principalities and Kingdom) 1859 to 1947 CE
• Kingdom of Italy 1861 to 1946 CE
• French Third Republic 1870 to 1940 CE
• Fascist Italy 1922 to 1943 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE, South Asia
• Empire of Japan 1868 to 1947 CE, East Asia
• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE, Central and North Asia

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