Vichy in the Tropics: Petain's National Revolution in Madagascar, Guadeloupe ... - Eric T. Jennings - Google Books

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This book examines the role of the Vichy regime in bringing about profound changes in the French colonial empire after World War II. In the war's aftermath, the French colonial system began to break down. Indochina erupted into war in 1945 and…