It was called Unoccupied France, sometimes known as Vichy France as its capital was in Vichy.
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Vichy physically controlled the unoccupied zone in the South of France, leaving the North of France to the Nazis. However, they were officially the government of France as a whole. In 1942, Germany completely occupied all of France, including the Vichy region and Vichy became a mere puppet government.
== == They didn't. After the French defeat the French government moved from Paris to Vichy which was in the part of France that the armistice agreement said would remain unoccupied. It was the legitimate government of France and continued to govern the country although it became a puppet of the Germans. It was not against France or the French people except in the sense that it was a fascist dictatorship and thus denied them their fundamental rights while collaborating with the occupying Germans.
From 1940-42 roughly the southern half of France was unoccupied by the Nazis. However, in November 1942 the Nazis also occupied the southern part of the country. (Note that some areas of northern France were transferred to Belgium by the Nazis). There was very little of France without a Nazi presence in WW2; even the rural areas were subject to regular patrols from Nazi soldiers. Obvously the main presence was concentrated in the cities and at main crossroads or supply lines, but the oppression of Nazi Germany was felt all over the country.
Because the Nazis went until the middle of France and French government succeeded to get that the half South of France was not occupied by Germans.
The part of France that was temporarily unoccupied. Vichy France - When France surrendered, it agreed to occupation by the Germans. The Germans allowed part of France to be under their control but still governed by the Frence people. Their seat of government was located at Vichy France, thus the name.
It was called Unoccupied France, sometimes known as Vichy France as its capital was in Vichy.
I believe you're looking for the term "Vichy France".
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Unoccupied.
France didn't split into two governments in WW2.The Nothern and coastal regions were occupied by the Nazis, and controlled by the German government.The part of France that was not occupied by the Germans (but did collaborate with them), called Vichy France (Vichy being the seat of the government), was governed by Petain.
Vichy physically controlled the unoccupied zone in the South of France, leaving the North of France to the Nazis. However, they were officially the government of France as a whole. In 1942, Germany completely occupied all of France, including the Vichy region and Vichy became a mere puppet government.
The common term used to refer to unoccupied parts of French Territory was "Vichy France", so-called because Vichy was where the puppet government of Marshall Petain was set up after the initial truce with Germany.
You find two unoccupied seats while I get the sodas.
Yes; "This house has remained unoccupied since the war." is a valid sentence.
Germany conquered France in 1940, but didn't occupy all of it; "Unoccupied France" was a German "puppet" state ruled from the city of Vichy, France. Vichy controlled the remainder of France as well as some of the French colonies in North Africa, such as Casablanca.