Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Germany yeNazi yakapinda muFrance muna May 1940 mukati mechikamu chokutanga cheHondo 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, Westphalia yakatorwawo nemaGermany, mukupindura kumhara kweAllies 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.