Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gwamnatin Vichy ta yi ƙoƙari ta tabbatar da amincinta ta hanyar haɗa kanta da lokacin Gallo-Roman na tarihin Faransa, kuma ta yi bikin shugaban Gaul Vercingetorix a matsayin "wanda ya kafa" al'ummar. An yi iƙirarin cewa kamar yadda cin nasarar Gauls a 52 BC Battle of Alesia
ya kasance lokacin a cikin tarihin Faransa lokacin da aka haifi jin daɗin al'umma ɗaya, rashin nasarar 1940 zai sake haɗa kan al'umma. Alamar "francisque" ta gwamnatin Vichy ta ƙunshi alamomi biyu daga lokacin Gallic: sandar da hatsi mai kaifi biyu (labrys) an shirya su don kama da fasces, alamar Fascists na Italiya.