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Vichy (Occitan: Vichèi) is a French commune, situated in the département of Allier and the région of Auvergne. It is known as a spa and resort town. The inhabitants are known as Vichyssois. It was the de facto capital of Vichy France during the World War II Nazi German occupation from 1940 to 1944. It has a population of 26,528 (1999).
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Milice was a police force created in 1943 to help fight "terrorism" in Vichy France, that is to say to fight against the French Resistance. The Milice was the secret police of the Vichy regime, and participated in summary executions, assassinations and helped round up the Jews in France for...
Hubert Lagardelle (1874-1958) was a French syndicalist thinker, influenced by Proudhon. He gradually moved to the right and served as Minister of Labour in the Vichy regime under Pierre Laval from 1942 to 1943. Writings of Lagardelle Le Parti socialiste et la Confédération Générale du Travail...
Dorat" September 23 - Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, salon hostess...
government based at the town of Vichy. This government, was commonly referred to as Vichy France and was... meantime, civilian anti-semites and Vichy officials aided in the concentration and persecution of... movements in occupied and Vichy France and the Free French Forces. The Free French Forces started in...
Joseph Darnand (1897-1945) was a French traitor and leader of the Vichy French Milice. Joseph... Line. He was captured in June 1940 but fled to Nice. He became a leading figure in the Vichy French... that supported Philippe Pétain and Vichy France. He offered his help against French Resistance. In...
During World War II, Operation Attila was the Nazi occupation of Vichy France. This plan was drawn up in 1940 to capture the French Navy, and was executed on 11 November, 1942 in response to the Torch landings in North Africa. Most of the French fleet at Toulon was scuttled by order of Admiral de...
France. He disapproved of the Vichy Regime and participated in founding of the resistance groups Liberation-Nord and the Organization civile et militaire in Vichy area. He later joined the Comite d'Action Socialiste. When Vichy regime forbade him to teach, Brossolette and his wife opened a...
canton of Mayet-de-Montagne (arrondissement of Vichy, department of l'Allier) : Lavoine In the canton...
, before joining the Vichy government. Foreign Policy Always anti-German, even when defeat placed the friendly Philippe Pétain in charge of Vichy France (an event that Maurras greeted as a "divine... Paris to Vichy and stopped publication in 1944 when the Germans took over the Vichy government. In...
Allier Information Number 03 Region Auvergne Prefecture Moulins Subprefectures Montluçon Vichy Population - Total (1999) - Density Ranked 63rd 344,721 47 /km² Area 7,340 km² Arrondissements 3 Cantons 35 Communes 320 President of the general council XX Location...
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