Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Ọ bụ ezie na gọọmentị France na nke Britain kwupụtara agha na Germany na-eso mwakpo Germany wakporo 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 izu abụọ mgbe e mesịrị. 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 nkwekọrịta nkwekọrịta agha nke France na Germany
site na 22 June 1940 a ga-etinyezi ọkara ugwu nke France n'okpuru nchịkwa ndị Germany ozugbo, ebe ọkara ndịda - akọwapụtara n'oge ahụ dị ka "mpaghara nweere onwe ya", ga-esi na Vichy site n'aka gọọmentị nwa bebi nke onye agha agha France a na-akwanyere ùgwù ga-eduzi. 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".