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The 54 pages that link to Vichy France, each with the reason it gives.

• Battle of FranceBroader topic: It emerged from the political settlement following military defeat and the armistice.

• Philippe PétainBroader topic: Pétain headed this regime as its chief of state.

• Far-right politicsBroader topic: Its collaboration and authoritarian social program offer a distinct wartime case.

• French national identityBroader topic: Its exclusionary laws and collaboration remain a central struggle over national memory and legitimacy.

• French nationalismBroader topic: Its collaboration and exclusionary policies became a lasting test of claims about national continuity and republican values.

• CollaborationismBroader topic: Its officials administered occupation and helped implement anti-Jewish persecution.

• Fall of FranceBroader topic: It replaced the Third Republic and collaborated with Germany after the armistice.

• Pierre LavalBroader topic: Laval became its leading civilian politician and chief advocate of collaboration.

• Puppet stateBroader topic: Its constrained relationship with Nazi Germany illustrates collaboration under a powerful occupying neighbor.

• History of FranceBroader topic: Its existence forced postwar France to confront collaboration and national legitimacy.

• Attack on Mers-el-KébirBroader topic: Its government broke diplomatic relations with Britain after the attack.

• Judeo-Masonic conspiracy theoryBroader topic: Vichy authorities used anti-Masonic and antisemitic measures that echoed related conspiracy claims.

• ReactionaryBroader topic: Its National Revolution promoted hierarchical, traditionalist values after France's defeat.

• Robert PaxtonBroader topic: Paxton’s archival research recast how historians understood this regime’s policies and agency.