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Charles de Gaulle

Prime Minister Pétain moved the government to Vichy

Tuesday Jul 2, 1940
France

Prime Minister Pétain moved the government to Vichy (2 July) and had the National Assembly (10 July) vote to dissolve itself and give him dictatorial powers, making the beginning of his Révolution Nationale (National Revolution) intended to "reorient" French society. This was the dawn of the Vichy regime.


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