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The [[United States]] granted Vichy full diplomatic recognition, thus acknowledging the puppet regime's [[legitimacy]], and it sent Admiral [[William Leahy]] to its capital as American ambassador. <ref>[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/leahy.htm President Roosevelt to the Appointed Ambassador to France (Leahy), 20 December 1940], U.S., Department of State, Publication 1983, Peace and War: United States Foreign Policy, 1931-1941 (Washington, D.C.: U.S., Government Printing Office, 1943), pp. 595-598.</ref>
The [[United States]] granted Vichy full diplomatic recognition, thus acknowledging the puppet regime's [[legitimacy]], and it sent Admiral [[William Leahy]] to its capital as American ambassador. <ref>[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/leahy.htm President Roosevelt to the Appointed Ambassador to France (Leahy), 20 December 1940], U.S., Department of State, Publication 1983, Peace and War: United States Foreign Policy, 1931-1941 (Washington, D.C.: U.S., Government Printing Office, 1943), pp. 595-598.</ref>
The great enemy of Vichy was [[Charles de Gaulle]], leader of the Free French. When they came to power in 1944-45 they systematically eradicated Vichy influence; many Vichy leaders were executed or imprisoned. Petain was given a death sentence, which de Gaulle commuted to life in prison.
==Bibliography==
* Azema, Jean-Pierre. ''From Munich to Liberation 1938-1944'' (The Cambridge History of Modern France) (1985)
* Berthon, Simon. ''Allies at War: The Bitter Rivalry among Churchill, Roosevelt, and de Gaulle.'' (2001). 356 pp.
* Funk, Arthur Layton. ''Charles de Gaulle: The Crucial Years, 1943-1944'' (1959) [http://www.questia.com/read/58600747 online edition]
* Gildea, Robert. ''Marianne in Chains: Daily Life in the Heart of France During the German Occupation'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Marianne-Chains-France-During-Occupation/dp/0312423594/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195984332&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Jackson, Julian. ''France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/France-Years-1940-1944-Julian-Jackson/dp/0199254575/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195984384&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]
* Kersaudy, Francois. ''Churchill and De Gaulle'' (2nd ed 1990 482pp
* Lacouture, Jean. ''De Gaulle: The Rebel 1890-1944'' (1984; English ed. 1991), 640pp; [http://www.amazon.com/Gaulle-Rebel-1890-1944-Norton-Paperback/dp/0393309991/ref=pd_sim_b_title_1 excerpt and text search]
* Paxton, Robert O. ''Vichy France'' 2nd ed. (2001) [http://www.amazon.com/Vichy-France-Robert-O-Paxton/dp/0231124694/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195984423&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
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[[Category:World War II]]