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In October 1940, the French Military Academy of Saint-Cyr moved to Aix-en-Provence, in the free zone, after the defeat of France. From there, the school adapts to this new environment and adapts as well to this France led by Marshal Pétain. A “Provencal” military life, punctuated by parades and military processions, according to Robert O. Paxton, imposes itself and marks the Saint-Cyrians from 1940 to 1942. It missions, beyond the training of military leaders, take on a political and ideological dimension as the regime evolves and the school becomes one of the vectors and tools of the National Revolution. The social role of the officer, that the Marshal Lyautey was really attached to, gives way to the moral values and physical capacity that crystallize in the conception of the perfect officer advocated by Vichy.