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Prior to WW2 there were proposals to exchange French Caribbean and Pacific territories for the right to buy aircraft from the United States on credit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Édouard_Daladier#Rearmament

Ultimately an agreement was reached historically without the cession of territory. The shipments of aircraft were sent to Britain however because the French were defeated before the Americans could send the planes over. If the deal goes through for territory TTL, I don't think there'd be much of a difference.

STILL, the US suddenly getting extra territories is an intriguing one. The territories the US would attain would (likely) be

Guadeloupe
Martinique
St Barthelemy
St Martin (half the island that isn't Dutch)
French Guiana
Wallis and Futuna
French Polynesia
New Caledonia


I'm not quite sure if St Pierre et Miquelon would be included. Vanuatu was a Franco-British condominium, so that may be excluded as well.


I imagine Wallis et Futuna would be merged with American Samoa for administrative purposes.

Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Barthelemy, and St Martin would probably administered as a single entity (Commonwealth of Guadeloupe? Commonwealth of Antilles?). Maybe the US Virgin Islands would be merged with them?

NASA would love having "American Guiana" (Cayenne Territory?) as a place for rocket tests. Between military bases, NASA, and retirees the place would be interesting.

Dutch-American relations would be interesting considering there's a land border now.

New Caledonia is large enough to be its own Commonwealth I think.

French Polynesia (Tahiti territory?) would possibly be its own thing. Alternatively it could be administratively merged with American Samoa and Wallis et Futuna as the "Commonwealth of Polynesia".

If St Pierre et Miquelon is American, I could see it becoming a county of Maine. Maine already has the largest french-speaking population in the US anyways.

With all these vulnerable islands, might the US care more about climate change?
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