France fell in World War II to the German invasion which began in May 1940 and ended with the occupation of Paris on June 14 and capitulation to Germany eight days later. France was occupied by Nazi Germany and divided in two, with the north and west (including Paris) belonging to the Occupied zone administered directly by Germany, and the rest to the so-called" Zone libre" ("Free zone") in the south and east. The French government under Marshall Philippe Pétain moved to the town of Vichy in the . On July 10, parliament dissolved itself, ending the Third Republic and creating the "French State" (; more commonly known as the "Vichy regime") in its place with Petain holding supreme power.