Complex sentence: The Darlan-Giraud authority, initially resolutely Vichyist, was gradually forced to take part in the war effort against Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, to democratize, to eliminate its principal Vichyist rulers, and to eventually merge with the French national Committee of London.
Split into simpler sentences: The Darlan-Giraud authority, initially resolutely Vichyist, was gradually forced to take part in the war effort against Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. It began to democratize, to eliminate its principal Vichyist rulers and to eventually merge with the French National Committee of London.