USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Absolutely, there may initially have been the illusion of sovereignty and historians in the immediate postwar period engaged in a certain amount of mythmaking in the interest of national unity, but Vichy was unquestionably a client state of Nazi Germany.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vichy France (French: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State (État français), was the French state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II.

Detailed explanation-5: -After the Allied liberation of France, he was forced to flee east for German protection. With the defeat of Germany in May 1945, he escaped to Spain but was expelled and went into hiding in Austria, where he finally surrendered to American authorities in late July.