Incinatus
you’re a bit confused
Hitler’s plan A for France
2 zones, one ccupied by German troops and Gestapo, the other with a relative autonomy lead by a puppet government : Vichy which still was allowed to hold colonies
Plan B (already in his drawers in 1940)
As soon as an attempt of rebellion of the french nationals in Metropole, and or an overlanding from alliees would be tempted in colonies –> anhilation of the 2nd part of France, usually known as “free France”, Germany would invade it, and it did happen at the end of 1942 when american troops landed in Algeria, that means that the whole country was controlled by Gestapo where only Vichy police did it before.
This is how Klaus Barbie made a big deal with torture in Lyon (Jews and resistants)
and in the others left regions by other german butchers
