Sub-Saharan Africa, 23 Nov 1942: Three French Empires
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Political map of Sub-Saharan Africa on 23 Nov 1942 (World War II in Africa: Three French Empires), showing the following events: Second Battle of El Alamein; Operation Torch; Case Anton; Darlan deal; French West Africa joins Allies.

Anglo-

Egyptian

Sudan(Br. adm.)

Belgian

Congo(Free Bel. adm.)

Mozambique(Port.)

F r e n c h W e s t A f r i c a(HCFA adm.)

Ethiopia(Br. prot.)

Union of

South Africa(Br. dom.)

Egypt(Br. occ.)

Madagascar(Br. occ.)

French

Equatorial

Africa(Free Fr. adm.)

Aden Prot.(Br. prot.)

South
West
Africa(SAfr. mand.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. prot.)

Cape
Verde(Port.)

Tanganyika(Br. mand.)

Cameroun(Free Fr. adm.)

Eritrea(Br. adm.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Italian
Somaliland(Br. adm.)

High Commission of
France in Africa

Southern
Territories(HCFA adm.)

Bechuana-
land(Br. H.C.T.)

Uganda(Br. prot.)

Gold
Coast(Br.)

Sierra Leone(Br.)

Pt. Guinea(Port.)

Ifni & Sahara(Sp. terr.)

Comoros(Br. occ.)

Northern
Rhodesia(Br. prot.)

Southern
Rhodesia(Br.)

Middle
Congo(FEA)

French
Sudan(FWA)

Mauritania(FWA)

Fr. Guinea(FWA)

Ivory
Coast(FWA)

Walvis Bay(SWA adm.)

Ogaden(Br. adm.)

Chad(FEA terr.)

Ubangi-
Shari(FEA)

Zanzibar(Br. prot.)

S.T. & P.(Port.)

Seychelles(Br.)

St. Helena(Br.)

Ascension(US pres.)

Tristan da Cunha

Mayotte(Br. occ.)

Simon's Town(Br.)

23 Oct–11 Nov 1942British victory
at El Alamein

8–16 Nov 1942Allies land in
Morocco and Algeria

10–11 Nov 1942Germans occupy
Vichy France

10 Nov 1942Darlan declares for Allies
in French North Africa

23 Nov 1942French West Africa
declares for Darlan

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