defeated nation · world war ii · vichy france · vulnerable · traumatized · unconscious · historical · war setting · french · broken spirit
The smoke thins to unveil a desolate scene: France, beaten and bleeding, lies broken on the earth. Her tricolor flag is rent, her uniform stained with the marks of surrender. The echoes of the Third Reich's departure linger in the dust. Her eyelids tremble and then close, surrendering to the dark. you stands over the conquered nation, the immense silence of the moment a heavy cloak. What will you do with this shattered emblem of a lost war?