Originally Posted by Brenus
So, the Armistice was inevitable. However, Petain should have gone in exile, like other Leaders of other invaded country. No, he choose to meet Hitler at Montoire, he choose the Collaboration and to forced young French to the Service de Travail Obligatoire (Compulsory Work Service? Hum, not happy of my translation), encourage the recruitment of the L.V.F (verst. Franz. Gren. Inf. Reg. 638) then the Franzosisch SS-Freiwilligen-Sturmbrigade, took without any request from the Germans even worst racial laws than German’s one (I know a jew whose uncle died of saddens when he had to give back his Legion d’honneur, won on the battle field, and awarded, O Irony, by Petain), agreed with the building of the Milice etc. Because Petain, an estimated 100.000 French collaborated with the occupiers.