Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ bụ ezie na gọọmenti France na nke Britain kwupụtara agha megide Germany mgbe ndị Germany wakposịrị Poland ná mmalite September 1939, n'okporo ámá Paris, ọ dịghị mgbanwe mberede e nwere, ọbụna mgbe Soviet Union wakporo Poland site n'akụkụ nke ọzọ ka izu abụọ gasịrị. Otú ọ dị, na May 10, 1940, ndị agha Germany wakporo France, na nke ugbu a, mmetụta dị na Paris bụ ozugbo, karịsịa maka ndị ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị si Germany. E nyere ụmụ nwanyị Germany nile nọ na France iwu ịgakwuru ndị ọchịchị na May 13, 1940. Irene Wosikowski enweghị ike imezu ihe a chọrọ n'ihi na e jidere ya n'abalị nke 12/13 Mee ma kpọga ya n'ogige ịta ahụhụ Gurs nke dị na ndịda Bordeaux. Ndị agha Germany weghaara ebe ugwu France n'ihe dị ka izu isii. N'okpuru usoro nke
Franco-German nkwekọrịta nkwekọrịta nke 22 June 1940 ọkara ugwu nke France ka a ga-etinye ugbu a n'okpuru nchịkwa German, ebe ọkara ndịda - akọwapụtara n'oge ahụ dị ka "mpaghara nweere onwe ya", ka a ga-esi na Vichy site n'aka gọọmentị puppet nke onye agha agha France a na-akwanyere ùgwù. N'ime afọ ole na ole sochirinụ, ikike gọọmentị Vichy nwere ga-ebelata, mana na 1940 ọ dị mkpa na ogige ịta ahụhụ ahụ adịghị na "mpaghara a na-achịkwa" mana, yana obodo ndị dị mkpa nke Toulouse, Lyon na Marseilles, na "mpaghara nweere onwe".