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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 did not break relations with Vichy until 1944.

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 did not break relations with Vichy until 1944.

The regime oversaw cooperation with German forces, including deportations during the [[Holocaust]], and a full revolution in state government and French society. The French motto of "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" (Liberty, equality, fraternity) was replaced with "Travail, Famille, [[Patrie]]" (Work, family, homeland). Trade Unions and other political opponents of [[fascism]] were oppressed, the rugby league, traditionally identified with the British Commonwealth and anti-fascist, was banned - and the sport even remained legally restricted in post-war France.

The regime oversaw cooperation with German forces, including deportations during the [[Holocaust]]. A full revolution in state government and French society replaced the French motto "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" (Liberty, equality, fraternity) with "Travail, Famille, [[Patrie]]" (Work, family, homeland). Trade Unions and other political opponents of [[fascism]] were oppressed. The rugby league, traditionally identified with the British Commonwealth and anti-fascism, was banned - and the sport even remained legally restricted in post-war France.

In 1942 a revolution of the French colonies in [[Africa]] against the Vichy French was lead by Louis DeBois but did not gain widespread support. In September DeBois was captured and sentenced to death.<ref>Martin King (1984). "The outcast Frenchmen". WWII remembrance press, New York. pg 128.</ref>

In 1942 a revolution of the French colonies in [[Africa]] against the Vichy French was lead by Louis DeBois but did not gain widespread support. In September DeBois was captured and sentenced to death.<ref>Martin King (1984). "The outcast Frenchmen". WWII remembrance press, New York. pg 128.</ref>