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French State État français | |||||||||
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| 1940–1944 | |||||||||
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 French State in 1942 | |||||||||
| Status | Puppet state of Nazi Germany | ||||||||
| Capital | Vichy | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | French | ||||||||
| Government | Collaborationist regime under a unitary authoritarian dictatorship | ||||||||
• President (Marshall) | Philippe Pétain | ||||||||
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| ISO 3166 code | FR | ||||||||
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The Vichy France, officially the French State, was the government of France during the early 1940s. It included all of France except for Alsace-Lorraine. It also governed the French colonial empire. The state was led by Philippe Pétain. He had been notable for helping to win World War I.
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