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World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.
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1939–1945 global conflict
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Federation of French colonies in central Africa (1910–58)
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Vichy France
Collaborationist regime in France (1940–1944)
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