Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: An kafa shi a ranar 29 ga Yuli, 1939, ta hanyar dokar Firayim Minista Edouard Daladier. An yanke shawarar kafa ta ne saboda yakin duniya na biyu da ke gabatowa, tare da yunƙurin kafa ikon mallakar jihar kan watsa shirye-shirye, daidaita farfaganda da sauƙaƙe takunkumi. An dakatar da aikin na ɗan lokaci bisa ga tanadin Dokar
yarjejeniyar mika wuya a gaban Jamus a ranar 25 ga Yuni, 1940 amma a ranar 5 ga Yuli, ya fara aiki a cikin abin da ake kira "Free Zone" na Vichy.