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The following events occurred in July 1940: July 1, 1940 (Monday) Philippe Pétain's government moved to Vichy. [1]
The Eighty (Les Quatre-Vingts) were a group of elected French parliamentarians who, on 10 July 1940, voted against the constitutional change that effectively dissolved the Third Republic and established the authoritarian regime of then-Prime Minister Philippe Pétain.
The French Constitutional Law of 1940 is a set of bills that were voted into law on 10 July 1940 by the National Assembly, which comprised both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies during the French Third Republic. The law established the Vichy regime and passed with 569 votes to 80, with 20 abstentions.
He proclaimed the National Revolution, which Maurras praised as early as July 1940 [1]. The phrase "divine surprise" was first written by Maurras in the weekly Candide on 15 January 1941, celebrating the rise of Marshal Pétain to the leadership of a state "in which Jews and immigrants would no longer be masters, leaders, or beneficiaries," due ...
9 July: A fairly indecisive naval skirmish happens off the coast of Italy. No ships are lost. 10 July The Battle of Britain begins with Luftwaffe raids on channel shipping. President Roosevelt asks Congress for huge increases in military preparations. 11 July: RAF raids on enemy emplacements in the Netherlands and on German munitions factories.
Given full constituent powers in the law of 10 July 1940, Pétain never promulgated a new constitution. A draft was written in 1941 and signed by Pétain in 1944, but never submitted nor ratified. [71] [72] The United States gave Vichy full diplomatic recognition, and sent Admiral William D. Leahy as ambassador. [73]
The squadron was formed on 10 July 1940 at RAF Duxford. [1] It was the first RAF squadron to be raised crewed by foreign nationals, in this case escaped Czechoslovak pilots. Initially it had two Squadron Leaders: the British Douglas Blackwood [2] and the Czechoslovak Alexander Hess.
The Law of 10 July 1940 gave Marshal Pétain full powers to draw up a constitution before being submitted to the Nation and guaranteeing "the rights of Labour, of the Family and of the Fatherland". That constitution was never promulgated.