Washington, D.C. • December 24, 1941 On this grim date, Christmas Eve 1941, a tiny piece of Vichy France—the Atlan­tic islets of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, whose gra­nite out­crop­pings lay just 12 miles off the New­found­land coast adja­cent to Canada—fell to the forces of Free France. It was the first French terri­tory to be lib­er­ated in … Continue reading DE GAULLE LOYALISTS SEIZE VICHY FRENCH ISLANDS OFF CANADA