In fact, with Germany's present capabilities, the elimination of a Pétain government would be a piece of cake.

However, Ciric did not do this, and he even deliberately delayed the time, that is, he did not send troops to attack the seat of Pétain's government, and waited until the other side demanded an armistice, and waited until France surrendered.

Compare Poland with Poland, Germany's blitzkrieg, which quickly took out Poland, and the country of Poland has now disappeared and is controlled by Germany and the Soviet Union respectively.

Why not use this method to occupy France?

This certainly makes sense.

France is a large European country with a population of tens of millions and will definitely not be easily conquered. If Germany were to occupy France at once, the French might be caught in a fight.

Moreover, even if the Germans occupied the entire territory of France, it would have paid a great price. If you look at the future generations of the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan, you can see that the guerrillas that are constantly emerging can make people tired.

So, it is definitely better to have a puppet government than to rule directly by Germany.

After a few years, the people in these occupied territories, feeling the benefits of German rule, will naturally gradually become obedient.

In addition to this reason, more important is the French colony.

You know, France has a huge colony, and if France is completely wiped out, then France's colonies will definitely fall apart.

In this way, it can only be cheaper for Britain and cheaper for the United States, although it is still possible for the United States not to interfere in the affairs of the Old World and to send troops to occupy a few colonies.

So, if on the face of it, the French government still existed, then there was no such problem, and the Pétain government was at least a government, which could manage France's vast colonial system and thus provide bases and supplies for Germany.

And in history, there is another reason for the government of Charles de Gaulle. The world had to be told that de Gaulle was illegitimate, and that Petain's government was legitimate.

Now, de Gaulle is long gone, but from the point of view of managing the French colonies alone, the usefulness of Petain's government is sufficient.

Historically, de Gaulle initially did not have the strength to counterattack France, and he first had to fight with the Vichy government for control of the colonies.

As a result, de Gaulle did a good job, and most of the French colonies sided with de Gaulle, who relied on the armies of the various colonies to merge into a single Afrika Korps. This was the only family in de Gaulle's hands.

And now, De Gaulle is gone, Petain's government is the only legitimate government in France, those colonies, who do not listen to Petain, who else will listen?

After the peace with Germany, the military threat was gone, and what was needed most for Pétain's government was the institutions of the new state.

Because the environment in Bordeaux was so poor, they moved to Clémont-Ferrand first, but this was only temporary, the city was too small to even prepare a house for the government.

At this time, Pétain, under the chairmanship of the decision of France, a new conference was being held.

"It is not Germany that is beating us, but our system." Faced with his subordinates, Petain made no secret of his dislike for a democratic parliamentary system.

The question of why France was defeated is enough to feed many historians and put forward all kinds of arguments, but in the mind of Petain, the most powerful marshal of France, the answer was already known.

Not to mention the great German blitzkrieg, not to mention the various mistakes made by the own side in command, the reasons for the defeat of a war are many, political, economic, cultural, and from all angles.

In Petain's view, of course, it was a problem with the French system.

This so-called parliament, this so-called democracy, is the main reason for the weakening of France!

The army wanted to increase military spending a little bit, and the various parliamentarians began to entangle, foaming at the stars, and in the end, the military spending not only did not increase, but also decreased.

Not to mention that because of the democratic system, the various political parties take turns to sit in the bank, and every time they come to power, they will make some famous names, and as a result, it didn't take long to do it, and the new ones began to toss around blindly.

France, that's how it's played!

"The parliamentary system is the root cause of our failure." Pierre-Reival, Pétain's chief aide, immediately took over: "I think that it is more advantageous for us to defeat than to win, because this disgraceful parliamentary system has been destroyed at last!" ”

At this time, Reival had a longing in his eyes: "I think that we in England will hold a joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and vote on the constitutional decree, giving Marshal Pétain full power to draft a new constitution. I hate one-person-one-vote elections, but this is supposed to be the last. ”

The creation of a new constitution, a republic, is simply a pit!

Looking at Germany, it is a dictatorship, and it took a few years for people to go from a weak defeated country to a European superpower!

"Yes, we must have a deep reflection on this defeat, from the First World War to the present, what our country has been doing!" Petain was loud.

When the meeting was over, Petain slowly came out of the conference room, he knew that he had embarked on a road of no return full of thorns, but he had to move forward, he was convinced that what he had done was for the sake of France, how could those politicians who were full of mentally retarded problems understand this?

"The great Marshal Pétain, the British diplomatic ambassador, has been waiting for you for a long time." Finally, seeing Petain come out, an assistant told him the news.

British ambassador? Petain walked into his office and, almost with disgust, looked at the British ambassador.

In the retreat from Dunkirk, the British pitted the French army, and Petain remembered this vengeance. What did Churchill, with his mind full of filthy thoughts, want from France?

Churchill shouted every day that France would continue to insist on resistance, and France was not stupid to use its own life to go to the battlefield to consume?

"Marshal Pétain, I'm sorry to disturb you." The British ambassador said anxiously: "I have now come to you to ask you to honour an agreement which we have negotiated with Prime Minister Reynolds, and to give you an order to send the French warships to our English ports." ”

After all, Chancellor Renault had already agreed, but he didn't have time to give an order at that time, and now, although Renault went down and replaced Petain, can the original agreement be torn up?

Petain must be reminded.

Hearing the words of the British ambassador, Petain had a grim smile on his face.