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Ce n'est pas Vichy qui a séparé Nantes de la Bretagne
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- Publisher
- Slate.fr
- Original language
- en
- Access
- A French-language piece consulted only to establish that the motives behind the 1941 split are contested among historians, not for its full argument.
- Link
- https://www.slate.fr/story/95573/vichy-bretagne-nantesAccessed 19 September 2026
Editorial annotation
Argues against the popular narrative that Vichy deliberately separated Nantes from Brittany to punish Breton nationalists, illustrating that the episode's motives remain disputed.