Page "French Resistance" Paragraph 41

The historian, Jean-Pierre Azéma, coined the term vichysto-résistant to describe those who at first supported the Vichy Regime ( mostly based on the patriotic image of Pétain rather than the Révolution Nationale ) but later joined the Résistance.

The founder of Ceux de la Libération (" Those of the Liberation "), Maurice Ripoche, initially defended Vichy, but he soon placed the liberation of France above all other goals, and, in 1941, he opened his movement to leftists.

In contrast, many extremist members of the Résistance, such as Gabriel Jeantet and Jacques Le Roy Ladurie, never renounced their tolerant attitudes towards Vichy.