Fourth French Empire (Koenigreich

The Fourth French Empire was a state that controlled France between 1920 and 1944, when Charles Maurras and his French National Front (FNF) controlled the country through a dictatorship. Under Maurras and later Jacques Doriot's rule, Germany was transformed into a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. The official name of the state was Empire Français (French Empire). The state claimed to be the fourth empire of France, with the first three being the Frankish Empire (431 - 843), The First French Empire (1804 - 1815) and the Second French Empire (1851 - 1870). The regime ended after the nation surrendered to the Allied Powers on December 13th, 1944.