Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaekehia e Tiamana Nazi a Wīwī i te marama o Mei 1940. Ko to ratou nekehanga e kore e taea te aukati i roto i nga Ardennes kaore i tiakina i raru te kawanatanga o Parani; I whakakorehia te French Republic Tuatoru i te Hurae, ka tukuna te mana katoa ki a Marshal Philippe Pétain, he toa tawhito o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao. I hainatia e Pétain he pakanga ki a Tiamana
me te raki me te hauauru o Wīwī i raro i te mahi hōia a Tiamana. Ko Pétain, i whakawhiwhia ki te karanga i tetahi Mana Ture, i whakatuhia he kawanatanga mana i te taone nui o Vichy, i te tonga "zone libre" ("rohe koreutu"). Ahakoa he motuhake noa iho, ka noho a Vichy France hei kawanatanga mahi tahi, a he iti noa iho i te kawanatanga kaihoko Nazi i uru kaha ki nga whakahekenga Hurai.