Vichy France - Wikipedia 'Vichy regime'; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), also known as the Pétainist regime[7][8] (French: Régime pétainiste) and Pétainist France, [9] officially the French State (État français), was a French rump state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II, established as a result of German victory in the Battle of France
Battle for Caen - Wikipedia The Battle for Caen (June to August 1944) was a military engagement between the British Second Army and the German Panzergruppe West in the Second World War for control of the city of Caen and its vicinity during the Battle of Normandy Caen is about 9 mi (14 km) inland from the Calvados coast astride the Orne River and Caen Canal, at the junction of several roads and railways The