Vichy France
English
Proper noun
Vichy
France
(
historical
)
The pro-
Axis
government
headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain from 1940 to 1944 during World War II. It was based in the small city of
Vichy
, but
Paris
remained the
official
capital
of
France
.
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