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Forgotten Puppet State of the Axis

Few chapters in World War II history are as contentious as Vichy France. After the 1940 defeat, Marshal Philippe Pétain’s ...
The Times of Israel on MSN

In France, praise for Nazi collaborator Petain prompts legal action, condemnation

Jewish umbrella group CRIF slams event honoring Philippe Petain, who led Vichy France and presided over the deportation of ...
The New York Times

Flight Cuts to Be Reduced by Half

Flight cuts: The leaders of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation announced that they would reduce flight restrictions at 40 key airports from 6 percent to 3 percent ...
literaryreview

Cold Winter in Bordeaux

France under Nazi occupation and the Vichy government was a nation of compromised loyalties, whispered suspicions and corrupted morals – peculiarly fertile territory for Superintendent Jean Lannes, ...