Allied-occupied France (Satomi Maiden ~ Third Power)

The Allied Powers who defeated France in the Second World War asserted governmental authority over all territory of the French Empire, excluding the recently established Socialist Netherlands in the Lowlands and French Guinea which was ceded to Suriname, having formally abolished the French government of René Mayer. The five powers divided this area into five occupation zones for administrative purposes. This division was ratified at the Nanterre Conference (Seventeenth of June to Third of September, 1946). In Autumn 1945, the Republic of China, Empire of Japan, Republic of Portugal, Ireland, and the Soviet Union had agreed on the zone make-up by the Dublin Protocol.

The French Capital, Paris, was divided into only four occupations zones, by Japan, China, Ireland, and the Soviets. The Soviet-Occupied Paris later became known as North Paris, while the Japanese, Chinese, and Irish Occupied Paris became known as South Paris.

In 1950, France was split into two - the French Second Republic, which formed out of the Japanese, Chinese, Irish, and Portuguese occupied zones, and the People's Republic of France, which formed out of the Soviet-occupied zone.