Vichy government

Cultural  

1. The government of France after Germany defeated and occupied it at the beginning of World War II (see fall of France); Vichy, the capital, is a small city in central France. The Vichy government was essentially a puppet of the Germans.

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Example Sentences

The south was managed by France’s Vichy government, which collaborated with the Nazis.

From BBC

“Changing a name does not change the roots,” she said, adding when asked, “yes, also an inheritor of Petain,” referring to Marshall Philippe Petain, who headed the collaborationist Vichy government in WWII.

From Seattle Times

In July 1940, after the Vichy government in France signed an armistice with Nazi Germany, thousands of refugees fled to Marseilles to seek asylum in the United States or elsewhere.

From Washington Post

Anxious to limit immigration and maintain good relations with the Vichy government, the U.S.

From Washington Post

Public access to about 200,000 documents illuminated aspects of the Vichy government’s Nazi collaboration.

From New York Times