Topic summary
Vichy Regime
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Vichy France.
Ideology
The Vichy regime sought an anti-modern counter-revolution. The traditionalistright in France, with strength in the aristocracy and among Roman Catholics, had never accepted the republican traditions of the French Revolution but demanded a return to traditional lines of culture and religion. It embraced authoritarianism while dismissing democracy. The Vichy regime also framed itself as decisively nationalist. The official name for the ideological program of Vichy government was Révolution nationale; the ideological underpinning of the regime has also been referred to as Pétainism and Vichyism (Vichyisme).