Group of realms · 1940–1944
Vichy France
Vichy France brings together several realms, from 1940 to 1944. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1943, its lands covered about 11.92 million km².
One of the realms of French Colonial Empire. France's first colonial empire began with Jacques Cartier's voyages to the St Lawrence in 1534 and grew into New France, a vast fur-trading realm reaching down the Mississippi to Louisiana, plus rich sugar islands such as Saint-Domingue worked by enslaved Africans. Defeat by Britain in 1763 cost Canada and most of India, the Haitian Revolution freed Saint-Domingue, and Napoleon sold Louisiana in 1803.
See Vichy France on the map in 1943
- On the map
- 1940–1944
- Greatest extent
- 1943, about 11.92 million km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Vichy France · Wikidata Q69808
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1940 | 10.59 million km² |
| 1941 | 9.86 million km² |
| 1942 | 9.83 million km² |
| 1943 | 11.92 million km² |
| 1944 | 11.67 million km² |
Member realms
- French Africa 1846–1957
- French Indochina 1860–1954
- Vichy France 1940–1943
Related
- French Colonial Empire empire
- Second World War 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945