During this period of weakness, the Allies decided against a rapid advance into Tunisia while they wrestled with the Vichy authorities.

Aircraft production had totally stopped with the German occupation, but a 1941 agreement authorized Vichy authorities to have a limited number of military aircraft built.

The Vichy authorities in 1941 allowed Germany to move aircraft and supplies through Syria to Iraq where they were used against British forces.

A more accurate account of the cruiser casualties reports 132 killed or missing and 568 survivors (rescued either by Allied forces or Vichy authorities).

Vichy authorities aided in the rounding-up of Jews and other "undesirables".

Vichy authorities were strongly opposed to "modern" social trends and tried through "national regeneration" to restore behavior more in line with traditional Catholicism.

We only know men," he said when asked by the Vichy authorities to produce a list of the Jews in the town.

Vichy military authorities lived in fear of a coup de main organised by the British or by the Free French.

They held an election, and the people voted to boot out the local Vichy authorities.

The Vichy authorities responded by having Claudel's house searched and keeping him under observation.