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Define the distinction between ‘collaboration’ and ‘collaborationism’ and discuss the ways in which the
relationship between them developed over the course of the Occupation

Historians have been astute in ascertaining that an understanding of the differences between ‘collaboration’ and ‘collaborationism’ is intrinsic to an understanding of the Vichy Regime as a whole. Shields asserts that it on this ‘essential distinction that any nuanced’ reading of Vichy France is based. However, despite their essential difference, it is possible to argue that the policy of collaboration begun in 1940 became progressively more akin to collaborationism by June 1944. This essay will seek to define both collaboration and collaborationism and outline their fundamental differences and growing similarities.

Collaboration, itself was an official Vichy government policy, first mentioned in Article Three of the Armistice and later solidified on......

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