Foreign relations of Vichy France policy of keeping 2 million French prisoners of war in Germany, effectively as hostages. Although Vichy France was nominally in control of all of France--apart from Alsace Lorraine--in practice the Germans controlled over half of the country, including the northern and western coasts, the industrial northeast, and the Paris region. The Petain government in Vichy controlled the rest until October 1942, when Germany took it all over. At that point, the Vichy regime became entirely a puppet of the German occupiers. Germany wanted food, minerals, and industrial productions, as well as volunteers to work in German factories. Vichy was allowed
IBM during World War II IBM during World War II Both the United States government and Nazi German government used IBM punched card technology for some parts of their camps operation and record keeping. In Germany, during World War II, IBM engaged in business practices which have been the source of controversy. Much attention focuses on the role of IBM's German subsidiary, known as "Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen Gesellschaft", or Dehomag. Topics in this regard include In the United States IBM was, at the request of the government, the subcontractor for the Japanese internment camps' punched card project: IBM equipment was used for cryptography by US