A Vichy-kormány észak-afrikai háborús erőfeszítései a tengelyhatalmak oldalán a Trikolór légiótól az Afrikai falanxig
The Military Efforts of the Vichy Regime in North Africa in the Axis Alliance from the Légion Tricolore to the Phalange Africaine

Summary/Abstract: Although we have a great deal of information about Second World War French military history, we still do not know everything about the Vichy government’s attempt to engage in military collaboration with Nazi Germany. Despite the fact that France was defeated in 1940, the country's government tried to improve the French positions in German commanded Europe. For the Vichy government, one of the most important areas was the Mediterranean region where it tried to maintain the French influence even by offering support to Germany in the hope of receiving some military and political concessions in return. This collaboration had a very important element, namely the establishment of two military units which were to fight by the side of the German forces in Africa: the Legion tricolore and the Phalange africaine. In the autumn of 1942, the Legion was dissolved even before its first mission, but the Phalange participated in the Tunisian fights against the Anglo- Saxon armies in 1943. Despite these efforts, France’s position did not improve as a result of which this attempt is considered one of the fiascos of the Vichy regime.

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