Capture of Saint Pierre and Miquelon: Difference between revisions

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After the arrest of Governor de Bournat, the Free French authorities organized a [[plebiscite]] on 25 December 1941. Males of 18 years and over were given a choice of "rallying to Free France or collaborating with Axis powers". Close to 98 per cent of the male population voted in favorfavour of Free French administration. News of the capture reached the United States with Secretary of State [[Cordell Hull]] calling the capture a violation of the [[Monroe Doctrine]]. He compared the capture of the islands by the Free French to Nazi and Japanese aggression.<ref name="Auger"/> However, the attack on Pearl HarbourHarbor, on 7th7 December 1941, by the Japanese and the declaration of war on the USA, by both Japan and Germany, meant that Vichy France, as a puppet state of Germany, became the enemy and changed the political landscape, and the whole matter was dropped{{cn|date=June 2024}}.