Vichy French forces

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armed forces collaborationist forces military forces

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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Vichy France (collaborationist forces in some theaters) 1
Vichy French Army of the Levant 1
Vichy French colonial forces 1

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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