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If they didn't know what the Nazis were doing, or anything approaching the extent of it, their collaboration alone wouldn't be enough because they didn't know what they were collaborating with. Considering that a significant portion of the German high command was in the dark, it wouldn't be a surprise that the Vichy were as well.

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And I should clarifying that I’m referring only to the treatment of Jews — obviously Petain’s full cooperation with Germany in light of the occupation of northern France and the continued internment of over 2 million French POWs was unacceptable — perhaps understandable given the overwhelming number of Communists in the French Resistance and opposition, but opposing those forces wouldn’t require the ready collaboration he gave.