Ka cika wannan magana: Nazi Jamus ta mamaye Faransa a watan Mayu na shekara ta 1940. Ci gaban da ba za a iya dakatar da shi ba ta hanyar Ardennes da ba a kare ba ya haifar da rikici a cikin gwamnatin Faransa; Jamhuriyar Faransa ta Uku ta rushe kanta a watan Yuli, kuma ta ba da cikakken iko ga Marshal Philippe Pétain, wani tsoho jarumi na Yaƙin Duniya na 1. Pétain ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya da
yarjejeniyar tsagaita wuta da Jamus tare da arewa da yammacin Faransa a karkashin aikin soja na Jamus. Pétain, wanda aka ɗorawa alhakin kiran Hukumar Tsarin Mulki, a maimakon haka ya kafa gwamnati mai iko a garin Vichy, a kudancin "zone libre" ("yanki kyauta"). Kodayake suna da 'yancin kai, Vichy Faransa ta zama tsarin haɗin gwiwa kuma ba ta da yawa fiye da ƙasar da ke ƙarƙashin Nazi wanda ke da hannu wajen fitar da yahudawa.