After the 1940 armistice, which regime governed southern France?

After the 1940 armistice, which regime governed southern France?

• A. Vichy Regime
• B. Free French Forces
• C. Provisional Government
• D. French Third Republic

Answer: (A)

After the 1940 armistice, France was split into a German-occupied zone in the north and a largely autonomous “free zone” in the south governed by the Vichy regime. This regime, led by Marshal Philippe Pétain, operated from the town of Vichy and administered much of southern France under a government that collaborated with Nazi Germany. The Free French Forces, led by Charles de Gaulle, opposed this authority from abroad and in parts of the colonies, while a Provisional Government would come later after liberation, and the French Third Republic had effectively ended with the rise of the Vichy state. So the southern regime in control after the armistice was the Vichy regime.

After the 1940 armistice, France was split into a German-occupied zone in the north and a largely autonomous “free zone” in the south governed by the Vichy regime. This regime, led by Marshal Philippe Pétain, operated from the town of Vichy and administered much of southern France under a government that collaborated with Nazi Germany. The Free French Forces, led by Charles de Gaulle, opposed this authority from abroad and in parts of the colonies, while a Provisional Government would come later after liberation, and the French Third Republic had effectively ended with the rise of the Vichy state. So the southern regime in control after the armistice was the Vichy regime.