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Liberation of France
De Gaulle speaking from Cherbourg City Hall balcony 20 August 1944
Location France, North Africa

The Liberation of France is the period towards the end of the Second World War in which German-occupied France was progressively liberated by the Allied forces. France was mostly free by September 1944, with some clean-up operations continuing, especially along the Atlantic coast until the defeat of Nazi Germany in May 1945.

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Not sure we need this section. This was a planned operation that never was launched.

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a.k.a Operation Vesuvius

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Siege, September 1944-May 1945 · Operation Vénérable · Operation Mousquetaire · final years of Battle of the Atlantic

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The subsections below overlap in time, and can't be put in strict chrono order, so the intro or first sentence of each should make it clear what the time range is for the subtopic.

The military aftermath was basically the Western Allies moved east, crossing the Rhine to invade Germany, while the Russian (also Allies) moved West, to Berlin, and the war in Europe ended May 7, 1945 (VE Day).

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The Vichy Government got quickly evacuated to Germany (Sigmaringen). They eventually were brought back to France and tried. Petain got the death penalty, but it was commuted because of his heroic acts in WW I.

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Meanwhile in France, the provisional govt took over, De Gaulle was in charge, and a period of reckoning began, with twin purges: a legal one (épuration légale) and a sometimes horrible settling of accounts, the épuration sauvage.

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The first elections since liberation were the municipal elections held while the armistice was being signed (May 1945), and women first gained the right to vote. Not clear if there's an English article that covers this topic.

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after a period of penury and hardship, the economy shot up, beginning what became known as the "Trente glorieuses" (30 glorious years)

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