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L'Appel Des Arènes
''L'Appel'' (''The Calling'') was a collaborationist periodical of Vichy France. It was the organ of the collaborationist French League and edited by the League's leader, Pierre Costantini of the Parti populaire français (PPF). The paper was established in 1940. Its two main contributors were Robert Julien-Courtine (1910-1998) and Paul Riche, the latter being a pseudonym of Jean Mamy. Mamy was condemned to death executed for treason and executed at the fortress of Montrouge on 29 March 1949. References 1940 establishments in France Defunct newspapers published in France French-language newspapers French collaboration during World War II Newspapers of the Vichy regime Publications with year of disestablishment missing Newspapers established in 1940 {{france-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vichy France
Vichy France (french: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State ('), was the fascist French state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II. Officially independent, but with half of its territory occupied under harsh terms of the armistice, it adopted a policy of collaboration with Nazi Germany, which occupied the northern and western portions before occupying the remainder of Metropolitan France in November 1942. Though Paris was ostensibly its capital, the collaborationist Vichy government established itself in the resort town of Vichy in the unoccupied "Free Zone" (), where it remained responsible for the civil administration of France as well as its colonies. The Third French Republic had begun the war in September 1939 on the side of the Allies. On 10 May 1940, it was invaded by Nazi Germany. The German Army rapidly broke through the Allied lines by bypassing the highly fortified Maginot Line and invading through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |