On Jun 22, 1940 France had surrendered to Nazi Germany. Vichy France was a French led puppet state in Southern France, it often collaborated with the Nazis, leading many to disapprove of it. Though many just began to live life with the new German and French leaders, a few stood up to the Nazis and became Partisans, or rebels. Free France was one of those Partisan groups. It attacked the Vichy Government often. It ambushed trucks carrying Frenchmen to fight, shipments of resources, and once in a while, diplomats. Almost all of their targets were heading toward Germany, or just came back from Germany. Every once in a while, Free France would get enough resources, guns, and men to rise up and take a town, however in 1944 Germany had sent a large number of outdated V-1s to Vichy France. These