Dee ihe ndị ọzọ dị na paragraf a - Ndị Nazi Germany wakporo France na May 1940 ná mmalite Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ. Armistice nke 22 June 1940 kwụsịrị ọgụ, na-ekewa France na mpaghara abụọ: mpaghara a na-achịkwa na ugwu na ọdịda anyanwụ, na "mpaghara nweere onwe ya" ("Zone libre") na ndịda na ọwụwa anyanwụ. N'ịbụ nke a maara dị ka "Ọchịchị French", a bịara mara ya dị ka "ọchịchị Vichy" maka ebe isi obodo ya dị. Ọchịchị ahụ bụ Marshal Philippe Pétain, onye e nyere ikike zuru oke ịchịkwa ọchịchị ahụ. Na Nọvemba 1942, ndị Germany weghaara ya, na nzaghachi maka mbata nke ndị Allies na North Africa
Ọ dị mma. Vichy tụfuru ike agha ya, mana ọ gara n'ihu na-achịkwa ihe ka ukwuu n'obodo France ruo mgbe usoro Vichy jiri nwayọ daa na mbuso agha Allied na June 1944 na nnwere onwe na-aga n'ihu nke France.