Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Faransa ta fadi a yakin duniya na biyu zuwa mamayewar Jamus wanda ya fara a watan Mayu 1940 kuma ya ƙare tare da mamaye Paris a ranar 14 ga Yuni da kuma mika wuya ga Jamus
bayan kwana takwas. Faransa ta mamaye Nazi Jamus kuma ta kasu kashi biyu, tare da arewa da yamma (ciki har da Paris) na yankin da aka mamaye wanda Jamus ke gudanarwa kai tsaye, sauran kuma zuwa abin da ake kira" Zone libre " (" Yankin kyauta ") a kudu da gabas. Gwamnatin Faransa karkashin Marshal Philippe Pétain ta koma garin Vichy a cikin. A ranar 10 ga Yuli, majalisa ta rushe kanta, ta kawo karshen Jamhuriyar ta Uku da ƙirƙirar "Faransa" (; wanda aka fi sani da "Vichy regime") a wurinsa tare da Petain yana riƙe da iko mafi girma.