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Tag Archives: Vichy
This week in the War, 2–8 June 1941: The Syria-Lebanon Campaign
On 8 June 1941, British, Commonwealth and Free French forces invaded Syria and Lebanon to attack the Vichy-French garrisons. The aim was to prevent the German army and Luftwaffe from developing bases that would threaten the British hold on Egypt. … Continue reading
Posted in World War II
Tagged Colin Smith, Darlan, Dewoitine fighter, England's Last War Against France, Jumbo Wilson, Lebanon, Marcel Bloch bomber, Paris Protocols, Syria, Vichy
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This week in the War, 24 Feb–2 March 1941: Diary of a Witness
Raymond-Raoul Lambert was one of the most prominent leaders of the Jewish community in France during the 1930s and the early years of the war. From 1941 to 1943, he headed the Union Générale des Israélites de France (UGIF), which … Continue reading
Posted in Book, World War II
Tagged 1940--1943, Auschwitz, Diary of a Witness, Drancy, Holocaust, Jews, Laval, Marianne in Chains, Raymond-Raoul Lambert, UGIF, Vichy
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This week in the War, 9–15 December 1940: Laval dismissed
On 13 December 1940, Pétain fired vice-président du Conseil Pierre Laval from the number 2 spot in Vichy France. (They are pictured to the left). It served the scruffy 80-a-day chain-smoking anti-Semitic Laval right for blowing smoke in the Maréchal’s face once … Continue reading
This week in the War, 21–27 October 1940: Entering the path of collaboration
This week in the war, on Thursday 24 October, Adolf Hitler and Maréchal Philippe Pétain, the leader of Vichy France, met at Montoire-sur-le-Loire. In most respects, the two men were remarkably different. Hitler spent his early life as an aspiring, though … Continue reading
This week in the War, 7–13 October 1940: Five reasons why Hitler did not invade Britain
This week in the war, on 12 October 1940, Hitler postponed his planned invasion of Britain, Operation Sealion, until the spring of 1941. (By then, of course, he would have a new enemy and a different country to invade). Despite … Continue reading
Posted in World War II
Tagged Bermuda, Bismarck, Dakar, Derek Robinson, Hess, Invasion 1940, lebensraum, Mein Kampf, Operation Sealion, Oran, Tirpitz, Vichy
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This week in the War, 30 Sept–6 Oct 1940: The statute of 3 October
On 3 October 1940, the first of the anti-Jewish laws was enacted by the Vichy government, which held authority in the Free Zone—that part of France that was not occupied by the German or Italian military. The statute of 3 … Continue reading