Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Germany yeNazi yakapinda muFrance muna May 1940 pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II. Chibvumirano cheArmistice chaJune 22, 1940 chakagumisa hondo, chichiparadzanisa France kuita nzvimbo mbiri: Nzvimbo yakatorwa kuchamhembe nekumadokero, uye "nzvimbo yakasununguka" ("Zone libre") kumaodzanyemba nekumabvazuva. Rinozivikanwa pamutemo se"Nyika yeFrance", rakazozivikanwa se"hurumende yeVichy" nokuda kwenzvimbo yeguta rayo guru. Hurumende yacho yaitungamirirwa naMarchal Philippe Pétain, uyo akapiwa simba rose rokudzora hurumende yacho. Muna November 1942, iyo yakanga ichigarwawo navaGermany, mukupindura ku
Kubhururuka kweVabatanidzwa muNorth Africa. Vichy yakarasikirwa nesimba rayo remauto, asi yakaramba ichiita masimba pamusoro peFrance Metropolitan kusvika pakuparara zvishoma nezvishoma kwehurumende yeVichy zvichitevera kupindirwa kweAllied munaJune 1944 uye kusunungurwa kuri kuenderera kweFrance.