"The zone libre (French pronunciation: \u200B[zon lib\u0281], free zone) was a partition of the French metropolitan territory during the World War II, established at the Second Armistice at Compi\u00E8gne on 22 June 1940. It lay to the south of the demarcation line and was administered by the French government of Marshal Philippe P\u00E9tain based in Vichy, in a relatively unrestricted fashion."@en . . .