10th July 1940: The Vichy government established in France

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10th July 2019

10th July 1940: The Vichy government established in France

The Vichy government was established in France after the National Assembly approved a new French Constitutional Law that granted full powers to Marshal Pétain.

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#Occupation
#Petain
#Second World War
#Vichy

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