French A-Level
Collaboration d’État
What Collaboration d’État means in French A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Collaboration d’État
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Cooperation pursued by the Vichy government with the German occupier, distinct from everyday or individual collaboration.
Topics that use Collaboration d’État
- Theme 4: L’Occupation et la Résistance (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Antisemitic exclusion and persecution
- Everyday French involvement and forms of resistance
- French administrative and police involvement
- Pétain and authoritarian leadership
- Social and educational reorganisation
- The Révolution nationale programme
- De Gaulle and Free France
- Everyday or individual collaboration
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