Sub-Saharan Africa, 25 Aug 1944: From Africa to Paris
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Political map of Sub-Saharan Africa on 25 Aug 1944 (World War II in Africa: From Africa to Paris), showing the following events: Operation Husky; Armistice of Cassibile; Cairo Conference; Liberia enters World War II; Brazzaville Conference; D-Day; Liberation of Paris.

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(Fr. col. fed.)

Ethiopia(Br. prot.)

Union of

South Africa(Br. dom.)

Egypt(Br. occ.)

Madagascar(Br. occ.)

French

Equatorial

Africa(Fr. col. fed.)

Libya(Br/Fr occ.)

Aden Prot.(Br. prot.)

South
West
Africa(SAfr. mand.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. prot.)

Cape
Verde(Port.)

Tanganyika(Br. mand.)

Cameroun(Fr. mand.)

Eritrea(Br. adm.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Italian
Somaliland(Br. adm.)

Southern
Territories(Fr. terr.)

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.)

Jul–Aug 1943Allies invade
Sicily

Sep 1943Italy surrenders

Nov 1943Western Allies & China
hold Cairo Conference

27 Jan 1944Liberia joins
Allies

30 Jan–8 Feb 1944Free French hold
Brazzaville Conference

6 Jun 1944Allies land
in Normandy

24–25 Aug 1944Free French forces
enter Paris

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