In 1940, Paris could not withstand the occupation of Nazi Germany, burning and France established kollaboratsionistsky regime embedded in the history called Vichy regime.
In the resort town of Vichy, where in July 1940, brought together National Assembly postanovivshee transfer dictatorial power Marshal Henri Philippe Petenu; This marked the end of the Third Republic. Vichy regime ceased to exist only in 1944 with the release of the French Resistance allies and the rebels. Its main leaders were convicted of treason in 1945-1946.
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