Editing Free France (section)

===North America===
In North America, [[Saint-Pierre and Miquelon]] (near [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]]) joined the Free French after an "invasion" on 24 December 1941 by [[Rear Admiral]] Emile Muselier and the forces he was able to load onto three [[corvette]]s and a submarine of the FNFL. The action at Saint-Pierre and Miquelon [[History of Saint Pierre and Miquelon#World War II|created a serious diplomatic incident with the United States]], despite this being the first French possession in the Americas to join the Allies,<ref>Martin Thomas, "Deferring to Vichy in the Western Hemisphere: The St. Pierre and Miquelon Affair of 1941", ''International History Review'' (1997) 19#4 pp&nbsp;809–835.[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07075332.1997.9640805 online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904124838/http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07075332.1997.9640805 |date=4 September 2015 }}</ref> which [[Monroe Doctrine|doctrinally objected]] to the use of military means by colonial powers in the western hemisphere and recognised Vichy as the official French government.

Mainly because of this and of the often very frosty relations between Free France and the USA (with President [[Franklin Roosevelt|Roosevelt]]'s profound distrust of {{nowrap|de Gaulle}} playing a key part in that, with him being firmly convinced that the general's aim was to create a South-American style [[military junta|junta]] and become the dictator of France<ref name=Lacroix>[http://mondediplo.com/2003/05/05lacroix When the US wanted to take over France] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127123523/http://mondediplo.com/2003/05/05lacroix |date=27 November 2010 }}, [[Annie Lacroix-Riz]], in ''[[Le Monde diplomatique]]'', May 2003 (English, French, etc.)</ref>), other French possessions in the New World were among the last to defect from Vichy to the Allies (with [[Martinique]] holding out [[History of Martinique#World War II|until July 1943]]).