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Oh. No. The French let it happen and democracy was no more. Paris was occupied by Nazi germany. Yes. But the southern half of the country was not. A military
by dopidopHN 5y ago
Oh. No. The French let it happen and democracy was no more.
Paris was occupied by Nazi germany. Yes. But the southern half of the country was not.
A military guy from ww1 took over and setup a government composed of French folks.
That the problematic part in my book.
- adolph 5y agoIt’s hard to Monday QB the rump part of a destroyed nation (quote from 0). I’m willing to give France a pass on democracy being interrupted during WWII. On the other hand, WWII marked the end of France’s “Third Republic” and the current constitution was established in 1958 (1). I don’t think it is fair to consider the current democracy the same as the one before WWII. The official postwar French position was that Vichy was a German puppet state. Some historians have since the 1970s rejected that position by arguing, "Vichy had a political agenda of its own, which it pursued without the slightest pressure from Germany".[6] Germany kept two million French prisoners-of-war and imposed forced labour (service du travail obligatoire) on young French men. French soldiers were kept hostage to ensure that Vichy would reduce its military forces and pay a heavy tribute in gold, food and supplies to Germany. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichy_France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichy_France 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France