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France: Collaboration and Occupation 1940-45

Explaining History Podcast

France: Collaboration and Occupation 1940-45

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When France was defeated in 1940, across its empire it underwent a period of civil war as Vichy and Free French forces faced one another. Until at least 1943 there were widespread sympathies across France for the Vichy regime and antipathy towards the British and the Americans. This podcast episode explores the complexities of identity, loyalty and a nation divided.


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