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Case Anton | |||||||
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Part of World War II | |||||||
Panzertruppen watching a burning French warship, probably Colbert | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Germany Italy | Vichy France | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Johannes Blaskowitz Mario Vercellino |
Philippe Pétain Pierre Laval Jean de Laborde |
Case Anton (German: Fall Anton) was the military occupation of Vichy France carried out by Germany and Italy in November 1942. It marked the end of the Vichy regime as a nominally-independent state and the disbanding of its army (the severely-limited Armistice Army), but it continued its existence as a puppet government in Occupied France. One of the last actions of the Vichy armed forces before their dissolution was the scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon to prevent it from falling into Axis hands.