I received a message from Jim Ryan, the president of the University of Virginia. At first, I thought it was like countless ...

L ast Friday, I received a message from James E. Ryan, president of the University of Virginia. At first, I thought it would ...

who was convicted in 1945 for treason and conspiring with the enemy for his actions as leader of Vichy France from 1940-1944. Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was stripped of his Legion of Honour ...

Unless the whole world was deceived, the Vichy Government last week squarely and publicly placed its bet on Germany to win World War II. Not only did it yield to Germany, which men in France today ...

A poster from the Vichy period shows a disintegrating France on the left, with words like "communism" and "Jewishness" causing the foundation to crumble. On the right are the words of Pétain's ...

"Thierry Wirth, a Vichy historian and author, said [the documents' release] would provide a true picture of France's 'collective involvement.'" 'The Vichy regime was situated here, in the free ...

A French military hero became the figurehead of the collaborationist Vichy regime. His trial in 1945 raised questions that are still unanswered. Skip to Main Content ...

Bookshelf ‘When France Fell’ Review: The Problem of Vichy In 1940, American isolationists wanted Marshal Pétain’s government to be treated as neutral.

There is still a street in France named after Marshal Philippe Pétain, the country’s collaborationist leader of the World War II-era Vichy regime - but not for much longer.