This article explores how Vichy sought to defend French sovereignty against Italian threats across the unoccupied areas of France and its colonial empire covered by the Italian armistice between June 1940 and November 1942. It suggests that while Vichy’s response to German violations of French sovereignty was limited by its policy of collaboration, no such constraints were in place when it came to Italian interventions. Despite this, however, the defence of French sovereignty against Italian threats was not a straightforward story of defiance. Opposing Italian actions in one policy domain in one territory had to be weighed against the potential repercussions in another policy domain in another territory. It also had to be calibrated with the implications for French relations with Berlin. The Italian dimension to Vichy’s actions therefore suggests that it was not so much defending sovereignty that was a negotiating liability as the lure of collaboration.

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不合作捍卫主权：维希和 1940-1942 年的意大利法西斯威胁

本文探讨了维希如何在 1940 年 6 月至 1942 年 11 月期间意大利停战协定所涵盖的法国未占领地区及其殖民帝国中寻求捍卫法国主权，抵御意大利的威胁。它表明，虽然维希对德国侵犯法国主权的反应受到以下因素的限制其合作政策，在涉及意大利干预时没有这样的限制。尽管如此，捍卫法国主权对抗意大利威胁并不是一个直截了当的反抗故事。在一个领土的一个政策领域反对意大利的行动必须与在另一领土的另一个政策领域的潜在影响进行权衡。它还必须根据对法国与柏林关系的影响进行校准。