Editing French Fascism (section)

===World War II===

[[File:Frenchfash flag.svg|thumb|left|110px|Chief of State standard of Vichy France]]
At the beginning of WW2 [[File:Cball-France.png]] France was invaded by [[File:NaziGermany.png]] [[Nazism|Nazi Germany]]. The [[File:Nazi.png]] [[Nazism|Nazis]] overpowered the French and took over the country; the third republic was eventually dismantled when [[File:PhilippePétain.png]] Marshal Phillipe Petian signed an armistice with the Germans, creating the '''French State''' (commonly called the ''"Vichy Regime"'' or ''"Vichy France"'' after seat of government in city of ''Vichy'') with Pétain as it's chief of state. After a short struggle, Pétain would go on to establish an [[File:AuthRep.png]] authoritarian government that strongly [[File:PlannedCap.png]] [[Regulationism|Regulated the Economy]] and abolished many [[File:Lib.png]] [[Liberalism|Liberal Policies]], increasing control over things like media, promoting [[File:Anti-Semitic.png]] Anti-Semitic and [[File:Anticommunism2.png]] Anti-Communist views. During Post-WW2 times, many collaborators were tried. Some, like Laval and Darnand, were executed, while others, like Petain, got life sentences.

[[File:French_Fascism.png]] Vichy France was mainly a puppet state; the country was not in full control of Germany. French opinion on the Nazi-instated regime was initially positive. The public slowly turned negative when [[File:NaziGermany.png]] [[Nazism|Germany]] was started to lose the war, and conditions in France began to worsen. During the occupation, a resistance movement led by [[File:Gaullismicon2.png]] [[Gaullism|Charles de Gaulle]] combated Vichy France outside the country in its colonial possessions, like French Gabon. Eventually, during the invasion of Normandy and liberation of France, a new government called the '''"The Free French Provisional Government of the French Republic"''' was installed by [[File:Gaullismicon2.png]] de Gaulle and his supporters - the Vichy regime ceased to exist.