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France being divided into two colors in the mid 20th century was likely pointing to Vichy France (the government set up after the Nazi invasion of France in 194
by sirkneeland 13y ago
France being divided into two colors in the mid 20th century was likely pointing to Vichy France (the government set up after the Nazi invasion of France in 1940). While most of France was de jure controlled by France, the northern and Western areas were continuously occupied by the Germans and this distinction is usually noted in WW2 maps and maps of Vichy France
- seszett 13y agoThat's probably what was intended, but the Vichy "territory" disappears on this map in 1948 (which is absurd, that was actually in 1942) and did not reappear later - especially not with a different territory: Vichy didn't control the Atlantic coast, while it is included in the south part of the divided territory from 1955 to 1958 here. It might instead be showing the advance of the US forces, and their retreat while the legitimate French government regained progressive control. But even disregarding the widely off date, the areas shown are very rough and inaccurate. Especially compared to the detail achieved in Italy and HRE in the previous centuries. I really don't think the quality of this visualisation is very good.