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

Apparently the French offered to cede their Caribbean and Pacific territories to the United States in exchange for being able to buy aircraft on credit.

Given how the U.S. doesn't include these territories today, I'm assuming the deal never went through, but what if it had? Most of my thinking has been focused on the effects on the U.S., but it could easily have some major effects in WWII. If the Germans never get air superiority that'll put a big crimp in the Battle of France, but if the aircraft are mismanaged, lots of them falling into the hands of the Germans could be a real problem.

Re: New Caledonia, WWII doesn't look any different considering how it was an Allied naval base against the Japanese anyway. Given how biodiverse it is, I can imagine it being a cause celebre for the U.S. environmental movement.

Could the French Caribbean islands become U.S. states in their own right? Guadeloupe has 400,000 people there. Or is a Puerto Rico-type arrangement more realistic?

Given American racial attitudes during WWII, I could imagine statehood being delayed. Perhaps improving the status of the ex-French Caribbean becomes a big part of the civil rights movement, given how black the area is.

Also, there are a significant number of Hindus descended from Indian migrant workers IIRC. That could have effects of its own.
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