<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - IJalimane LamaNazi lahlasela iFrance ngoMay 1940. Ukuqhubekela phambili kwabo okungenakunqandeka nge-Ardennes engavikelekile kwabangela inkinga kuhulumeni waseFrance; iRiphabhuliki Yesithathu YaseFrance yazihlakaza ngoJulayi, futhi yanikeza amandla aphelele kuMashila uPhilippe Pétain, iqhawe lasebekhulile leMpi Yezwe I. UPétain wasayina isivumelwano sokuyekisa impi neJalimane  <response>: inyakatho nentshonalanga yeFrance ngaphansi kokubuswa amabutho aseJalimane. UPétain, owayenomthwalo wokubiza iGunya Lomthethosisekelo, esikhundleni salokho wamisa uhulumeni wobushiqela edolobheni laseVichy, eningizimu ye zone libre indawo ekhululekile. Nakuba iFrance yaseVichy yayizimele, yaba umbuso wokubambisana futhi yayingeyona into engaphezu kwesizwe esixhaswa amaNazi esahlanganyela ngenkuthalo ekudingisweni kwamaJuda. 