Vichy French forces

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Vichy French forces were the military units loyal to the collaborationist Vichy regime in France during World War II, which fought against Allied and Free French forces in several theaters, including the Middle East and North Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
collaborationist forces
military forces
activeInPeriod 1940–1944
allegiance French State (Vichy regime)
surface form: Vichy regime

French Republic
surface form: État français
commander François Darlan
surface form: Admiral François Darlan

Maxime Weygand
surface form: General Maxime Weygand

Philippe Pétain
Pierre Laval
component Armée de l’Armistice
French Air Force
surface form: Vichy French Air Force

Vichy French Navy
conflict World War II
country French State (Vichy regime)
surface form: Vichy France
dateOfNotableEvent 27 November 1942
disbanded 1944
engagedIn Battle of Mers-el-Kébir
Madagascar campaign
North African campaign
Operation Torch
Syrian–Lebanese campaign
surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign
foughtAgainst Allied forces
Free French Forces
surface form: Forces françaises libres

Free French Forces
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
ideology authoritarianism
collaborationism
language French
legalStatus armistice-limited military
limitedBy Armistice of 22 June 1940
surface form: Franco-German Armistice of 22 June 1940
notableEvent scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon
opposedBy Charles de Gaulle
Free French Forces
opposedOperation Operation Torch
surface form: Operation Torch landings
partOf French State (Vichy regime)
surface form: Vichy France
role defense of Vichy colonial possessions
resistance to Allied landings in North Africa
statusAfter1942 partly integrated into German-controlled forces
progressively disarmed by Germany
theaterOfOperations Levant region
surface form: French Levant

French West Africa
Madagascar
Mediterranean Sea
Middle East
North Africa

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Battle of Damascus (1941) belligerent Vichy French forces
Fezzan campaign belligerent Vichy French forces
Battle of Damascus (1941) opponent Vichy French forces
this entity surface form: Vichy French Army of the Levant
Polish Armed Forces in the West opponent Vichy French forces
this entity surface form: Vichy France (collaborationist forces in some theaters)
Syrian–Lebanese campaign opponent Vichy French forces
Battle of Damascus (1941) opposedBy Vichy French forces
this entity surface form: Vichy French colonial troops
Middle East Command opposedTo Vichy French forces
this entity surface form: Vichy French forces in Syria and Lebanon
Battle of Gabon participant Vichy French forces
this entity surface form: Vichy French colonial forces