“Vchy France, or the Vichy regime are the common terms used to describe the government of France from July 1940 to August 1944. This government, which succeeded the Third Republic, officially called itself the French State (L’État Français), in contrast with the previous designation, “French Republic.” Marshal Philippe Pétain proclaimed the government following the military defeat of France by Nazi Germany during World War II and the vote by the National Assembly on July 10, 1940. This vote granted extraordinary powers to Pétain, the last Président du Conseil (Prime Minister) of the Third Republic, who then took the additional title Chef de l’État Français (”Chief of the French State”). Pétain headed the reactionary program of the so-called “Révolution nationale”, aimed at “regenerating the Nation.”
Aimed at regenerating the Republic, there is coincidence and there is similarity...
Ronald Reagan, Teddy Roosevelt, and Joe Lieberman all rejected their parties. Are they traitors?