Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ala dị n'okpuru nchịkwa nke ọchịchị Vichy bụ akụkụ ndịda nke France na-enweghị isi na ndịda nke Demarcation Line, dị ka e guzobere site na
Armistice nke 22 June 1940, na French overseas territories, dị ka French North Africa, nke bụ "akụkụ dị mkpa nke Vichy" na ebe a na-emejuputa iwu niile nke Vichy. Ndị Germany kpọrọ mpaghara a (Unoccupied Zone), nke a makwaara dị ka "Zone libre" (Free Zone) na France, ma ọ bụ nke a na-akpọkarị "Southern Zone" (Zone du Sud) karịsịa mgbe Operation Anton gasịrị, mwakpo nke ndị agha German na November 1942. Okwu ndị ọzọ a na-ekwu maka oge a bụ ndị dabeere na mkpirisi na okwu okwu, dịka "mpaghara nono", maka Mpaghara na-enweghị ọrụ.