USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -This was called the Unbesetztes Gebiet (Unoccupied Zone) by the Germans, and known as the Zone libre (Free Zone) in France, or less formally as the “Southern Zone” (zone du sud) especially after Operation Anton, the invasion of the Zone libre by German forces in November 1942.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vichy France, formally French State, French État Français, (July 1940–September 1944), France under the regime of Marshal Philippe Pétain from the Nazi German defeat of France to the Allied liberation in World War II.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pierre Laval, the puppet leader of Nazi-occupied Vichy France, is executed by firing squad for treason against France. Laval, originally a deputy and senator of pacifist tendencies, shifted to the right in the 1930s while serving as minister of foreign affairs and twice as the French premier.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vichy in British English (French viʃi, English ˈviːʃiː ) noun. a town and spa in central France, on the River Allier: seat of the collaborationist government under Marshal Pétain (1940–44); mineral waters bottled for export.

Detailed explanation-5: -Vichy, town, Allier département, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes région, central France. It lies on the east bank of the Allier River. Vichy is renowned as one of the largest spas in France.