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Conditions of Armistice and 10 July 1940 Vote of Full Powers

Further information: Armistice with France (Second Compiègne)

The armistice divided France into occupied and unoccupied zones: northern and western France including the entire Atlantic coast were occupied by Germany, and the remaining two-fifths of the country were under the control of the French government with the capital at Vichy under Pétain. Ostensibly, the French government administered the entire territory.

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