// Modern era
Vichy France
- Period
- AD 1940 – AD 1944
- Duration
- approx. 4 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1943
- Area (max.)
- approx. 12 million km²
Period and duration
Vichy France — according to the map data from AD 1940 to AD 1944, roughly 4 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Vichy France — greatest extent around AD 1943: the mapped borders then cover about 12 million km², roughly 8% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1939)
After
Neighbours around AD 1943
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- British Empire
- United States of America
- French Africa
- Canada
- Unitary State of Brazil
- Commonwealth of Australia
- British Africa
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1943 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Vichy France on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.