How successful was the ariane program though ? <| sep |> Talking for France hereA large part of the police remained at their post first because there was an armistice they did not fight along the soldiers during the war as policemen . Now , you have to understand that at this time noone had heard of the General De Gaulle . The French Marshal Petain who was famous in France for being the winner of Verdun the French pendant of the battle of the Somme for the brits was really liked by the people and most French trusted him . With the concessions made one by one to Nazi Germany , people tend to grow apart from each others based on their values . Do I flee ? Do I stay and resist ? Do I collaborate ? Do I stay and try to live my life and not die ? These choices were made on an individual basis but never on an institutional basis as you could not trust anyone people were denouncing each other .