Who was the leader of the German puppet state set up in France after the fall of Paris? A. Charles de Gaulle
B. Doris Miller
C. Philippe Petain
D. Dwight Eisenhower

Philippe Pétain

Explanation:

This miscalculation threw French and British troops into a hurried and unorganized retreat. Eventually, the German advance forced them to retreat to a few seaports, and this maneuver forced the Allies to evacuate to Britain. Paris then fell on June 14, 1940. On June 22, 1940, French officials signed an armistice with German representatives. Over the course of six weeks, France had fallen. German officials set up a puppet government in France, known as the Vichy Government, and placed Philippe Pétain in charge. This puppet state controlled northern France. In southern France, Charles de Gaulle and his Free France Forces sought to undermine France's German occupation.